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County halts Loop talks

Officials postpone vote on interlocal agreement

By BRENDA BARBOSA
STAFF WRITER
Charlotte County com-
missioners postponed
voting on an interlocal
agreement with the city
of Punta Gorda Tuesday,

saying they want to give
city officials time to
rescind an earlier action
that would open the door
for renegotiation for a
proposed annexation.
Last week, commis-
sioners voiced sharp

disapproval over the City
Council's decision to vote
on an interlocal agree-
ment to annex a 171-acre
tract of land located on
both sides of Jones Loop
between Taylor Road and
U.S. 41. The site, known

as "The Loop," has been
eyed for a possible
regional activity center
with an open-air mall
and a mixed-use facility
that would offer shop-
ping, office and residen-
tial space.

Normally, the county
wouldn't have a say in
such matters except that,
in this case, the proposed
annexation would create
pockets of unincorporat-
ed land or "enclaves"
- within the annexed

area, which is prohibited
by state law. As a result,
an agreement has to be
crafted and approved by
both the county and the
city.
TALKS 16

A smile-worthy dessert

SUN PHOTO BY BETSY WILLIAMS

During the Feed and Read program offered at the Port Charlotte Library on Tuesday, kids had a choice of applesauce or an orange
with their meal. Lydia Rodriguez, 4, had a little fun with her dessert. See more photos on page 12.

Convicted murderer seeks

federal relief from death row

By MERAB-MICHAL FAVORITE
STAFF WRITER
Suspected serial killer Daniel 0.
Conahan Jr. has filed new court
documents this week in his latest
attempt to have his conviction and
death sentence overturned.
Conahan, 59, of Punta Gorda,
on Monday entered a petition for
writ of habeas corpus with the
U.S. District Court in the Middle

District of Florida in Fort Myers.
The habeas petition is a civil action
that is entered when a criminal
defendant has ex-
hausted all his court
appeals, according to
court documents.
Conahan was
sentenced to death
in Charlotte County
on Dec. 10, 1999, for
CONAHAN the kidnapping and

murder of Richard Montgomery.
The 21-year-old's body was dis-
covered in a wooded area in rural
Charlotte County near North Port
in 1996.
Conahan, a former nurse, was
suspected of similar unsolved
murders around the region in the
1990s, but he was never charged
with any other crimes.
RELIEF 16

Get healthy, men!

By ADAM KREGER
STAFF WRITER
Keith Crandall, 66, said
he avoided exercise the
"e-word," he called it-
for more than 50 years,
until he had a revelation
earlier this year.
"In January, I was
driving down the road
and saw two older men in
(electric mobility scoot-
ers)," Crandall said. "I
thought, 'That could be
me.'"
Crandall said he could
barely get up out of a

SUN PHOTO BY
ADAM KREGER
Keith Crandall, 66, and
Ray Childers, 62, vouch for
the importance of men's
health. Both say they are
more mobile after recently
taking up exercising at
the Cultural Center of
Charlotte County. This
week marks the 20th anni-
versary of National Men's
Health Week.

HEALTHY 16

City drainage

project targets

Laishl

By GARY ROBERTS
STAFF WRITER
PUNTA GORDA On
any given day, kids run
through the interactive
fountain at Laishley
Park, getting good
and wet as they play
among the water jets.
Meanwhile, on days
after a heavy rain, such
as last week's tropical
storm, people of all ages
splash their way through
Laishley Park itself. But
that is no fun.
"There is 2 to 3 inches
of water in the park
when it rains," said
Chris Evans, director
of operations for the

ey

Park

Laishley Crab House,
which overlooks the
park, a host to many city
celebrations. "When you
have events, it hinders
them. Whether it's the
Taste of Punta Gorda or
the July Fourth event,
when people walk or
drive through there, it
ruins the sod and turns
it into mud."
To remedy the prob-
lem, and keep splashing
limited to the fountain
area, city officials are
embarking on a drain-
age project budgeted at
$350,000.
When Laishley Park
PARK16

SUN PHOTO BY CHRISTY FEINBERG

Les Hassen works 40 hours a week at Just Play Sports in Port
Charlotte, and volunteers about 50 hours a week for the Port
Charlotte Bandits.

Bandits president

cares for kids

and football

L es Hassen has two
sons, two grand-
kids, about 320
other children he cares
for, and an estimated
750 football players he
coached over the years.
They are the center of
his life, along with the
brown, leather football.
"I find myself with
free time filling it with
football," Hassen said.
Hassen, 55, serves as
president and a coach
for the Port Charlotte

N networking at Noon
is today at The
Captain's Table
in Fishermen's Village in
Punta Gorda. Please call
our Port Charlotte office
at 941-627-2222 to see if
seats are still available.
ChamberAction plans to
tweak today's program,
and we look forward to
hearing what you think.
Our Third Wednesday
Coffee is next week, and
we'll hear a presenta-
tion by the Economic
Development Office on
their marketing plans
for our community. The
Coffee runs from 7:15 a.m.
to 8:30 a.m. at the
Charlotte Harbor Event

and Conference Center
in Punta Gorda, and is
sponsored this month by
Buffalo Graffix. Please join
us for great networking
and information sharing.
We're still looking
for golfers for our
fifth annual Junior
Leadership Charlotte Golf
Tournament on June 22 at

Kingsway Country Club.
When the JLC program
lost its major sponsor six
years ago, we needed a
way to raise money so
that the 28 high school
juniors could participate
in JLC for free, and Tom
Natoli with Integrity
Employee Leasing
stepped up as chairman.
We're fortunate that he's
still the chairman, and
that he and his volunteers
are working hard to get
hole signs, prizes for
the golfers, items for
the goody bags and, of
course, golfers. Please call
if you can assist or would
like to play or both!
Join us at the new

model, Corial Homes
by Arthur Rutenberg/
Sandstar, for the
Business Card Exchange
on June 26. We'll start
with a 5 p.m. ribbon-
cutting at 391 Royal
Poinciana in Burnt Store
Meadows. Bring plenty
of business cards and
a small gift to promote
your business.
Our annual Post Session
Luncheon with our local
legislative delegation
will be held June 28 at
Visani Restaurant in Port
Charlotte. The chambers,
builders, Realtors, medical
society and Enterprise
Charlotte are the spon-
sors, so there also will be

great networking at the
luncheon, followed by the
opportunity to hear the
legislators respond to your
written questions. You can
make a reservation online
or by calling the office.
Later that afternoon,
we'll have a ribbon-cut-
ting and ice cream social
at Epiphany Health/
Blue Ocean Health Care,
21300 Gertrude Ave.,
Unit 1, Port Charlotte.
The festivities start at
2 p.m. Peter Keating,
certified business
analyst for Florida Gulf
Coast University's Small
Business Development
Center, will hold a free
seminar at our Port

Charlotte offices from
9 a.m. to noon June 28 on
"Marketing Your Business
in a Difficult Economy."
You will learn "The three
R's of Small Business
Marketing" (research,
reaching and retain-
ing), along with ways to
increase your business
with using the media.
Space is limited, so call
Beverly at 941-627-2222
to make your reservation.
Then it's July Fourth
week!
Julie Mathis is executive
director of the Charlotte
County Chamber of
Commerce. Email her at
jmathis@charlotte
countychamberorg.

The Sun revised the calendar events we publish in
the paper and display online. All events must be entered
by the person submitting them through our website.
It's easy. Go to www.yoursun.com, select an edition and
click on the "Community Calendar"link on the left. Click
"Submit Event,"and fill out the appropriate information.
The"Print edition text" area of the form is for
information intended for the print edition of the
paper. Information outside of the "Print edition text"
area will appear online only. Please don't repeat the
"Event Title"' as that will be included automatically.
We will print a maximum of four lines per event (the
Event Title plus 120 additional characters, to be included
in the "Print edition text"field, up to three lines deep)
at no cost to the event submitter. Your contact number
must be included in these 120 characters.
You may, however, purchase additional space for $10
per day, per event, per community edition. Simply choose
"Paid Listing"on the Submit Event page. All paid listings
will run in the location designated for the event type.

If you do not have the ability to enter your events via our
website, we can type them in on your behalf at the rate of
$5 per event, per community edition, but this fee does not
guarantee your event will make the printed version. Please
call 941-206-1180 from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. weekdays to make a
payment or to have us enter your event.
The Sun reserves the right to exclude any submitted
event that does not meet our specifications or that
requires excessive editing. There is no expressed or
implied guarantee that any free listing will be included
in any event calendar or run in any specific location.
This is on a first-come, first-served basis. Be sure to
review the "Important Tips"on the Submit Event page
to help ensure you get the most information in without
exceeding the line limit.
Remember to save the confirmation email you receive
after submitting each event. If you made an error or
the event gets canceled, simply click on the "Withdraw
submission"noted at the bottom of that email, follow the
provided instruction and then resubmit the event.

mutilating or killing an
animal, and abandoning
an animal. Authorities
said an anonymous tip
led them to discover the
malnourished red and
white pit bull, named
Zoey, at Damon's home.

I POLICE BEAT
The information for Police Beat is gathered from police, sheriff's office, Florida Highway
Patrol, jail and fire records. Not every arrest leads to a conviction and guilt or innocence is
determined by the courtsystem.

Cultural Center
show pays tribute
to Bon Jovi
The Cultural Center of
Charlotte County, 2280
Aaron St., Port Charlotte,
will play host to "Keep the
Faith," a Bon Jovi tribute
band, at 8 p.m. July 27.
The group will take the
audience on a musical
journey spanning three
decades of some of rock
music's most memorable
sing-along anthems.
Doors will open at
7 p.m. Tickets are $15 for
general admission, and
$20 at the door the day of
the show. For groups of
10 or more, tickets are $10
per person; group tickets
must be purchased by
July 26 to receive the
group rate. For more
information, or to pur-
chase tickets, visit www.
theculturalcenter.com.

Inaugural
Firefighter MDA
Ball set
The inaugural
Firefighter MDA Ball will
be at 6 p.m. July 20 at the
Charlotte Harbor Event
and Conference Center,
75 Taylor St., Punta Gorda.
The Muscular Dystrophy

Association Committee
of Charlotte County Fire/
EMS has organized an
evening of cocktails, hours
d'oeuvres, dinner, music,
dancing a silent auction
and more. This evening is
open to all. Attire is formal
(not black tie). There will
be a cash bar, with a por-
tion of drink costs going to
the MDA.
Dinner will consist
of a choice of entree
between mixed grill (a
grilled 4-ounce petite
sirloin steak and chicken
combination) or grilled
vegetable lasagna (baked
lasagna with grilled veg-
etables, spinach, ricotta
and mozzarella cheeses,
and marinara sauce),
along with garlic potatoes
and green beans, a mixed
green salad with choice of
ranch or Italian dressing,
fresh-baked rolls with
butter, and fresh-brewed
coffee, iced tea and water.
All guests will receive
a custom memento
of the evening. Dion
Photography will provide
an area for formal photos,
as well as event photo
coverage. A live DJ and
dancing will be provided
by team coverage from
DJ MeCee and DJ Cheq.
Shuttle service to and

from three area hotels (the
Wyvern, the Four Points
by Sheraton Punta Gorda
Harborside and the Punta
GordaWaterfront) will
be provided by Beasley's
Limousine Service (tip not
included).
Ticket prices are: $65
per person for Fire/EMS,
or $70 for all others. All
proceeds will go to the
MDA to support local
families who are battling
this illness. For tickets or
more information, contact
Mike at 941-582-0669 or
mike@ccfemsmda.org,
Jamie at 941-564-9643 or
jamie@ccfemsmda.org,
or visit www.ccfemsmda.
org/2013.

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'Pet Adoptathon'
set
The Animal Welfare
League, 3519 Drance
St., Port Charlotte, will
recognize June as "Pet
Adoptathon" month. This
global pet adoption event
originated in 1995 with
the North Shore Animal
League and is sponsored
by Purina. In celebration
of this event, all cat and
dog adoption fees at the
AWL will be 25 percent off
during the month of June.
The shelter's hours of
operation are from 11 a.m.
to 5 p.m. daily. For more
information, call 941-
625-6720, or visit www.
awlshelter.org.

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Lemon Bay Play-
house opens its
last play of the season,
"Don't Cry for Me, Mar-
garet Mitchell," tonight.
Though purely fic-
tional, it is based on a true
Hollywood incident.
Producer David 0.
Selznick stopped filming
"Gone With the Wind"
two weeks into shooting
and fired the director. He
then hired Ben Hecht,
the best script doctor in
Hollywood, and Victor
Fleming, the director of
"The Wizard of Oz." In a
week, they rewrote the
entire script for the movie.
Selznick would not allow
the two to leave and fed
them only bananas and

peanuts for the week
because he said that other
food would put them to
sleep.
What went on in the
room is the subject of the
play. It's a masterpiece of
comedy and writing.
"Don't Cry for Me,
Margaret Mitchell" was
written by Virginia Cate
and Duke Ernsberger
and is being directed

by Bob La Salle.
The show runs through
June 30. Curtain times
are 7:30 p.m. Wednesday
through Saturday eve-
nings, and 2 p.m. for
Sunday matinees. Tickets
are $18 and are available
online at www.lemon
bayplayhouse.com, or by
calling or visiting the box
office, 941 475-6756. Box
office hours are 10 a.m. to
2 p.m. weekdays.

The Visual Arts Center
announced the Goff
Gallery exhibit for June 3
to June 27. Four artists
will show a number of
their paintings: James
Beech, Dave Donovan,
Kathleen Przepadlo and
Renee Skelly. Each brings

a different style and sub-
ject to this group show of
some 45 paintings.
The center's galleries
and gift shop, located at
210 Maud St. in Punta
Gorda is on summer
hours Monday to
Friday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Gallery exhibits are
always free and open to
the public.
Call 941-639-8810 for
more information on ex-
hibits, children's summer
arts camp, and classes or
visit www.visualartcenter.
org.

The Cultural Center
resumes its Summer
Movie Series on June 23,
with "High Society," star-
ring Bing Crosby, Grace

Kelly, Frank Sinatra and
Louis Armstrong. Kelly
plays socialite Tracy Lord,
whose first marriage to
Dexter Haven (Crosby)
ended in divorce. She's
about to remarry stuffy,
safe George Kittredge
(played by John Lund).
Meanwhile, Spy magazine
has blackmailed her
family into allowing it to
cover the wedding. Sinatra
and Celeste Holmes
play the reporter and his
photographer.
This is the musical
version of 1940s "The
Philadelphia Story."
Tickets are $3 per
person. Students are $1.
Tickets may be purchased
at the Cultural Center's
box office, accounting

office and information
desk. For more informa-
tion, visit www.thecultural
center.com, or call
941-625-4175.
**
You will find a complete
schedule of cultural events
in Charlotte County on
the Arts & Humanities
Council's website www.
charlottearts.org. Just click
on calendar.
Judy A Malbuisson is the
executive director of the
Arts & Humanities Council
of Charlotte County.
She can be contacted at
941-764-8100, or info@
charlottearts.org. Visit the
council's website at www.
charlottearts.org. Befriend
us at www.Facebook.com/
charlottearts.

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DAV partners
with Visani
Disabled Veterans
Chapter 82 will partner
with the Visani Comedy
Club, 2400 Kings
Highway, Port Charlotte,
at 8 p.m. Thursday. The
featured comedian will
be Dale Jones, a favorite
of the club. Tickets are
$10 per person for the
8 p.m. show. Dinner,

at an additional cost,
will be from 5:30 p.m.
to 7:30 p.m. For more
information, or to pur-
chase tickets, call Mike at
941-204-4212.

Saturday at Kingsway
Country Club, 13625
S.W Kingsway Circle,
Lake Suzy. Registration
will begin at 7:30 a.m.,
with a shotgun start at
8:30 a.m. There will be
prizes awarded to the
top three teams, and for
closest to the pin and the
longest drive. There also
will be a 50/50 raffle. The
cost of $55 per player
includes green fees, a golf

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Sponsorships are avail-
able. Proceeds will ben-
efit the Charlotte Players.
For more information,
call Jenn McLaughlin at
941-447-0801, or Dan
Mearns at 941-893-9692.

Brown Suga
Band to appear
in concert
The Cultural Center of
Charlotte County, 2280
Aaron St., Port Charlotte,
will present its next show
in the Summer Dinner
Theater Series at 7 p.m.
Saturday. Come groove
the night away with
the classic sounds and
harmonies of the Brown
Suga Band, featuring
Vince Brown on vocals.
This band will sing
favorite hits such as "My

Girl," "Sittin' On the Dock
of the Bay" and many
more, along with some
original tunes.
Dinner will be served
at 5:30 p.m., with the
show beginning at 7 p.m.
The dinner menu will
feature pork wings,
turnip greens, garlic
mashed potatoes, salad,
bread, sweet potato pie
and beverages.
Tickets for dinner and
the show are $25 for
Cultural Center members,
and $27 for nonmembers.
For the performance only,
Cultural Center members
pay $10; nonmembers,
$12. Tickets may be
purchased at the box
office, or online at www.
theculturalcenter.com.
For more information,
call 941-625-4175, ext.
221.

Cultural Center
offers Father's
Day dinner
The Cultural Center
of Charlotte County,
2280 Aaron St., Port
Charlotte, will hold a
special Father's Day
Dinner from 11 a.m.
to 2 p.m. Sunday in
the Midtown Deli
Caf6. The menu will
feature barbecued ribs
and chicken, potato
salad, corn on the cob,
macaroni and cheese,
and apple pie a la
mode. Coffee and iced
tea are included as well,
and beer, wine and soft
drinks will be available.
Adult tickets cost $9.95;
children 10 years old
and younger, $5. Tickets
may be purchased in
advance by calling
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Cultural Center infor-
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box office; or online at
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Nik Wallenda

getting closer

to the edge

By RON and DONNELL BATES
SPECIAL TO THE SUN

The Sun newspaper
caught up with high-wire
artist and acrobat Nik
Wallenda at Sarasota's
Nathan Benderson Park
on Sunday.
The aerialist has been
practicing at the park for
his upcoming wire walk
across the Grand Canyon.
These practice sessions
are open to the public
with no admission fee.
Several fans waited in
line to meet Wallenda
before he took to the
tightrope. He answered
questions, signed items
and autographed copies
of his recently released
autobiography, "Balance:
A Story of Faith, Family
and Life on the Line."
NikWallenda represents

the seventh generation
of the famous Flying
Wallendas family. The
34-year-old started walk-
ing the wire when he was
2, and has set multiple
Guinness world records,
including his crossing of
Niagara Falls last year.
The Grand Canyon wire
walk will be broadcast live
on the Discovery Channel
beginning at 8 p.m.
June 23.
The public can watch
NikWallenda training at
Benderson ParkTuesdays
through Saturdays until
June 19. He trains twice
daily from 10:30 a.m. to
11:30 a.m. and also at
6 p.m. On Sundays, he is
scheduled for 3 p.m. No
training will take place on
June 17.
Visit http://nikwallenda.
com for more information.

Having a photo taken with Nik Wallenda before he started
training on Sunday are Lakewood Ranch residents Sydney Davis
and Nicole Ruiztagle.

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Tom and Sally Arconti with Diane Hale are showing off their
signed copies of Nik Wallenda's autobiography, "Balance: A
Story of Faith, Family and Life on the Line."

Wallenda is raised to the 2-inch-diameter steel cable that
stretches to a length of 1,200 feet.

Nik Wallenda balances 30 feet above the ground. On June 23,
the floor of the Grand Canyon will be 1,500 below him.

Archie Lee
Cooksey
Archie Lee Cooksey,
74, of Punta Gorda, Fla.,
passed away Monday,
June 10, 2013.
He was born
"". April 17, 1939,
S in Atkins, Ark.,
to William and
Hester Cooksey.
Archie retired after
serving our country as
a Military Police Officer
with the United States
Army. He was the proud
recipient of the Purple
Heart. Archie and his
wife moved to this
area 25 years ago from
St. Louis, Mo. He was
an active member of
American Legion Post
110, where he enjoyed
playing golf and spend-
ing time with his friends.
Archie was also a
longtime member of the
VFW in St. Louis.
He is survived by his
wife of 51 years, Mickey
Cooksey of Punta Gorda,
as well as other extend-
ed family and friends.
The family will receive
friends from 10 a.m.
until the Funeral Service
at noon Friday, June 14,
2013, at Kays-Ponger
& Uselton Funeral
Home, 635 E. Marion
Ave., Punta Gorda. A
Graveside Service with
full military honors will
be held at 2:30 p.m.
Monday, June 17, 2013,
at Sarasota National
Cemetery in Sarasota,
Fla. Please visit www.
kays-ponger.com to
leave the family condo-
lences and to sign the
online guestbook.
Arrangements are by
Kays-Ponger & Uselton
Funeral Home and
Cremation Services.

She was
born April 25, 1937, in
Buffalo, N.Y., to Frank
Thomas and Elsie (nee
Sprandel) Anderson,
and moved to this area
53 years ago from New
York.
Nancy was co-owner
of Robert A. Danitz
Masonry Inc., along
with her husband
Robert, whom she
married in 1958, and
is now reunited. She
was a loving Mom,

Sister, Grandmother
and Friend, and will be
missed by all those who
knew and loved her.
Nancy is survived
by her brother, Bernie
Grahm; and sister,
FranniWolbert. She
also will be soulfully
remembered by sons,
David (Janet) Danitz
and Jim (Mary) Danitz;
daughter, Linda Danitz;
granddaughter, Jennifer;
and her beloved pets.
She was preceded in
death by her sister, Doris
Swaitkowski, in 2003.
The family will receive
friends from 9:30 a.m.
to 10:30 a.m. Friday,
June 14, 2013, at Paul
Schelm Funeral Home,
12687 S.W. County Road
769 (Kings Highway),
Lake Suzy, Fla. The
Mass of Christian Burial
will follow at 11 a.m. at
San Antonio Catholic
Church, 20444 Rampart
Blvd., Port Charlotte.
Please visit Nancy's
tribute wall at www.
schelmfh.com to share
memories and to send
condolences to the
Danitz family.
Arrangements are by
Paul Schelm Funeral
Home, Lake Suzy.

Joyce L.
Rosenboom
Joyce L. Rosenboom,
79, of Port Charlotte,
Fla., and formerly of
Gilman, Ill., passed away
Monday, June 10, 2013,
at Tidewell Hospice
House in Port Charlotte.
She was a well-known
beautician for 38 years
in Gilman before she
moved to Port Charlotte
in 1991. Joyce was also
an Assistant Manager
at Today's Woman in
the Port Charlotte Town
Center mall before it
closed.
She is survived by
her son, Shane J. (Jill)
Decker of Gilman; Wrath
and Fury, the "Boys," as
she liked to call them, all
of whom were the love
of her life; sister, Donna
Kay (Robert) Sigmon;
nephews, Terry (Stacy)
Dixon, and Randy
Dixon of Port Charlotte;
great-nephews, Joshua
and Jacob Dixon; and
her best friends and
neighbors, Fred and Jill
Willet of Port Charlotte.
Joyce was preceded in
death by her parents,
Arthur and Dorothy
Frerichs; and sister,
Carol Bookout.
A private memorial
service will be held at
the convenience of the
family at a later date.
Please visit Joyce's
tribute wall at www.
schelmfh.com to share
memories and to send
condolences to the
Rosenboom family.
Preferred donations
may be made in loving
memory of Joyce to
Tidewell Hospice, 5955
Rand Blvd., Sarasota, FL
34238.
Arrangements are by
Paul Schelm Funeral
Home, Lake Suzy, Fla.

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I COMMUNITY NEWS BRIEFS

Genealogical
Society to
hold picnic
The Charlotte County
Genealogical Society
will hold a picnic lunch
at 11:30 a.m. June 19 at
the Port Charlotte Beach
Park, 4500 Harbor Blvd.
The picnic is in lieu of the
society's regular monthly
meeting. Attendees are
asked to bring a dish to
share, a drink, and flatware
for yourself. Plates, cups
and napkins will be
provided. Participants are
to meet at the pavilions.
Pick up a free parking pass
at the front entrance to the
building before parking.
This event is free and
open to the public; visitors
are welcome. For more
information about the
picnic, or the Charlotte
County Genealogical

Society, call Pat at 941-
764-1931, or visit www.
ccgsi.org.

Special Olympics
to hold fundraiser
Special Olympics
Charlotte County will
hold its second annual
Bowl-A-Thon fundraiser
at 2 p.m. June 30 at
Bowland, 3192 Harbor
Blvd., Port Charlotte.
This event will feature
a silent auction and
a 50/50 raffle. The
registration fee to bowl
is $20. A team special
will include four bowl-
ers and a lane sponsor
sign for $100; a Special
Olympics bowler will
be added to each team.
Advanced registration
is required by Saturday.
For more information,
call 941-545-4601, or

visit info@specialolym
picscharlotte.org.

DAV to hold
golf tourney
The Disabled American
Veterans Chapter 82 will
hold its second annual
charity golf tournament
at 8:30 a.m. July 13 at
Kingsway Country Club,
13625 S.W Kingsway
Circle, Lake Suzy. There
will be a shotgun start at
8:30 a.m. Competitions
for the longest drive and
closest to the pin will
be held. Lunch and the
presentation of awards
will take place at Porky's
Roadhouse, 4300 Kings
Highway, Port Charlotte.
There will be four play-
ers per team. The cost
for each player is $50,
which includes lunch.
Proceeds will benefit the

DAV. To make a res-
ervation, call Blake at
941-258-1937. For more
information, call Mike at
941-204-4212.

Celebrate
Christmas in July
The Cultural Center
of Charlotte County,
2280 Aaron St., Port
Charlotte, will play host
to its 44th Christmas in
July Bazaar from 9 a.m.
to 4 p.m. July 12-14.
There will be more than
80 vendors, with an
array of great handmade
crafts and more. Apple
dumplings, music, deals
in the resale shops,
and the world-famous
strawberry shortcake
will be available. Come
have free cookies and
punch with Santa, and
make sure children pose

with Santa to have a free
picture taken. There also
will be prizes, raffles and
fitness fun throughout
the day. Vendor tables
are only $70 for three
days; a table is included
in that price. For more
information, call 941-
625-4175, ext. 230, or
visit www.thecultural
center.com.

Cultural Center
offers afternoon
movie

The Cultural Center of
Charlotte County, 2280
Aaron St., Port Charlotte,
will show an afternoon
movie at 2 p.m. June 23
in the center's theater.
"High Society," starring
Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly,
Frank Sinatra and Louis
Armstrong, will be the

featured movie. Tracy
Lord is a rich socialite
who was involved ro-
mantically with neighbor
and jazz musician C.K.
Dexter Haven. Now she is
engaged to be married to
the stuffy, but appropri-
ate, George Kittredge.
When a dashing journal-
ist arrives to cover the
society wedding, Lord's
initial desire to make life
difficult for this inter-
loper is complicated by
her attraction for him.
And things are made all
the more complicated by
Haven's refusal to give up
on Lord.
Tickets cost $3 per
person; student tick-
ets, $1. Tickets may
be purchased at the
center's box office and
information desk. For
more information, call
941-625-4175.

TALKS
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Commissioners are
concerned that the
agreement passed by
the City Council last
week does not address
shared costs for roadway
maintenance as it relates
to future annexations
and increased growth,
particularly sections
of Burnt Store Road, a
major collector road
that will serve increased

traffic when the land
eventually is developed.
"What's our policy for all
our collector roads in the
city? We really don't have
one," said Commissioner
Ken Doherty at Tuesday's
commission meeting in
the county administration
building in Murdock. "I
think it's a great op-
portunity to (address)
loose ends that could be
negotiated now."
Doherty pointed to
language in the statute
that encourages elected
officials to negotiate

items that may fall
outside the annexation
boundaries.
County Attorney
Janette Knowlton con-
firmed commissioners
do have the right to dis-
cuss issues of roadways,
among other things,
that are not within the
outlined areas.
"Ordinarily these
annexations occur as
a matter of routine
course. We don't have
a say," she said. "In this
case where there (are)
enclaves created and it's

not contiguous, it is a
negotiation. In fact, the
statute actually envisions
that. There is specific
language in the statute
that says you can look at
other areas outside of the
boundaries and there is
a list of issues (includ-
ing) transportation
infrastructure."
Commission Chairman
Chris Constance said
he had a conference
call with County
Administrator Ray
Sandrock, Punta Gorda
Mayor Bill Albers and

City Manager Howard
Kunik on Monday, at
which time the county
made its concerns clear.
"I really don't think
that the City Council was
aware that there were
issues and so we had that
discussion," Constance
said. "Basically this was
a communication error
and we want to work
with the city in lock step.
That's the plan."
Sandrock said Kunik
will ask council members
to reconsider the issue at
the council's next public

meeting. Once they re-
scind their votes, city and
county staff can get back
to the negotiation table,
and possibly schedule a
joint meeting between
the City Council and the
County Commission.
"There are a number of
things that we are doing
to serve and satisfy the
citizens of the county,"
said Commissioner Bill
Truex. "Hopefully, this
will be due process that
we move through and it
will be resolved here very
quickly so that we can

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PARK move forward. space to remain green. existing sod and soil, grass, the same variety will remain open.
"Sometimes you "Vehicles drive over putting in an irriga- used for golf courses, will Anthony Lindsey of
gotta do what you the grass when setting tion system 36 inches be laid on top. North Port and his son
FROM PAGE 1 gotta do, if you don't up for events and it must beneath the surface The construction enjoy going to Laishley
have the money," said stand up to pedestrian that will feed 95 sprin- probably will start in Park, mostly for the
was created in 2007, the Dennis Murphy, direc- traffic," said Murphy, kler heads. Murphy mid-July, and will last interactive fountain,
original plans included tor of the city's Growth acknowledging that the explained the depth until September, before where Joseph, 10, cools
an irrigation system Management office. sod wasn't always up to is necessary because the calendar of commu- off. Although the con-
to provide better care But problems with the task. "In the winter tent stakes used by nity events begins anew struction will create a
for the green space. the grass surfaced when it's a dust bowl; in the vendors often go 2 feet in the fall, Murphy said. bit of disturbance at the
However, the system the park began to be summer when it rains a underground. "It's a very, very short park, Lindsey said it will
was a victim of "value fully utilized. Now, in lot, it's a mud bowl." On top of the irrigation construction timeline. be worth it.
engineering," a term the winter months, there Now the city is having pipes will be series of fil- That's about as good as "You're going to wind
used to describe the are community events a second go-around. ters layers of crushed we can possibly get," he up with some minor
stripping away of nones- scheduled just about ev- The project will cover stone and sand that said, adding that while inconvenience, but it
sential costs in order to ery weekend at Laishley about half of Laishley will drain away rainwater the sidewalk ring around will help more in the
fit budget limitations, Park, posing plenty of Park's 7 acres. First, to the nearby retention the green space will be long run," he said.
allowing the project to challenges for the green workers will tear out the pond. Then Bermuda closed, the Harborwalk Email:groberts@sun-herald.com

HEALTHY issues," he said. every five years, increas- nice little sweat on the trash can when I started," Paula Allison, a
HEALITHY Robishaw says Men's ing physical activity and brow will let you know he said. "Now I'm doing dietitian with Eat 2 Live
Health Week is impor- eating fruits and veg- you're doing fine." yard work." Nutrition Services in
FROM PAGE 1 tant because women's gies, as well as avoiding Exercising is espe- To maintain health, Port Charlotte, believes
health issues often are tobacco. cially important for eating right also must men will avoid particular
chair before he started talked about more, but "A lot of conditions are seniors, according to go along with physical foods because of a cer-
exercising, but now he men need to be equally associated with tobacco Ray Childers, a volunteer activity, according to tain sense of masculine
works out at least three as aware of problems use," he said, adding that at the Cultural Center Cheri Carr of the Franz pride.
times a week. related to their gender. lung cancer is another of Charlotte County's Ross Park YMCA in Port "Some men are all
"It doesn't take much," He said men often think leading cause of death fitness salon. Charlotte. about meat and potatoes,"
he said. "Incremental they're fine because they for men. "Any exercise is better Carr, a wellness man- she said, adding that
improvements add up." don't feel or see symp- Robishaw, 34, stays than none," he said. ager, a personal trainer sometimes salmon is a
This is National Men's toms. Robishaw pointed healthy by eating break- In December 2011, and a sports nutritionist better choice than steak.
Health Week, and Mike out a lot of issues are fast every day, drinking Childers found out for the YMCA, has a Allison also said some
Robishaw, wellness "silent killers," but they lots of water and spend- during a routine trip to couple of tips: easy eating tips include
manager for Charlotte can be avoided. ing more time on cardio his physician that he "You want to make eating equal amounts
County Public Schools, Heart disease, for (or, aerobic) exercise had cellulitis a skin sure you eat every three of fruits and vegetables
wants to encourage men example, kills more men than muscle building. He inflammation that often hours so your me- (don't eat more of one
to take the time to learn than women, accord- pointed out the inten- affects older adults with tabolism won't crash as than the other), eating
about the importance of ing to the Centers for sity of a workout is not weakened immune sys- easily." products with tomato in
taking care of themselves Disease Control and necessarily as important teams, which can lead to "Water intake is them to help reduce the
and visiting their doctor Prevention. Robishaw as the duration. other medical problems. important to flush toxins risk of prostate cancer,
regularly. said simple steps can "Walking is the easiest So Childers, 62, started out of your system." and avoiding fried foods
"I just want to bring be taken to reduce risk, and least expensive form exercising. She also said it is im- whenever possible.
some awareness to some like checking cholesterol of exercising," he said. "A "I couldn't even lift a portant to fuel workouts. Email:akreger@sun-herald.com

CHRISTY
FROM PAGE 1

1988," he said.
Back then, there were
about 120 football players
and 40 cheerleaders.
Today, there are about
320 total athletes involved
in the Bandits program.
"The mission of Port
Charlotte Bandits is to
enable children to benefit
from participation in
team sports, in a safe and
structured environment,
while maintaining a bal-
ance of education, athlet-
ics and teamwork," its
website states. "Through
this active participation,
the Port Charlotte Bandits

programs teach funda-
mental values, skills and
knowledge that children
will use throughout their
lives."
Many of those play-
ers came back to coach
for the Bandits, "which
tells me they had a great
experience," Hassen said.
The most famous
Bandit is former
NFL player Anthony
Hargrove, but there are
many other successful
athletes to emerge from
the program.
"There's so many that
played college ball," he
said.
Hassen's own sons, Les
Jr., 31, and Christopher,
29, both played football,
but went on to play

baseball at Florida Gulf
Coast University.
Hassen spends about
40 hours a week work-
ing as a manager for
Just Play Sports in Port
Charlotte.
"It's a good place to
work," he said. "A lot of
interesting conversa-
tions and a lot of good
people."
Talking football with
Hassen comes easily, and
can lead to discussions
about the value of Tim
Tebow, the consistency of
Matthew Stafford (he's a
Lions fan), and the future
of Josh Freeman.
When he isn't at work,
he volunteers about
50 hours a week for the
Bandits.

Of course, there's also
family life.
He met his wife Crystal
when the two were
students at Charlotte
High School (that's right,
he's a Tarpon).
"I'm a Charlotte High
graduate," he said.
"I played football for
Charlotte High."
They have been mar-
ried for 32 years now.
She also has been
involved with the Bandits
until the grandkids, Liam
and Kenley, started arriv-
ing a few years ago. The
grandkids often show up
to support the Bandits.
"It's hard for me to
focus when my grandkids
are there," he said.
So what happens when

Port Charlotte plays
Hassen's alma mater?
"I wish Port Charlotte
and Charlotte would play
for the state champion-
ship, but it won't happen."
So, he sort of cheers for
them both. What makes
him most happy are the
players having "good
games and highlight
plays."
"It's a great rivalry,"
he said. "In the end,
in reality, they're great
friends. They still stay
great friends all through
the year."
Although football sea-
son is still a few months
away, Hassen remains
busy with Bandits
business.
This time of year, he's

dealing with equipment,
paperwork and coaches'
applications.
"I've been blessed with
a good board of direc-
tors," he said.
There's also a dedicat-
ed group of supportive
parents as well.
"We wouldn't survive
if it weren't for the
parents," he said.
The Bandits also have
worked well with Port
Charlotte High School.
The Bandits' boundar-
ies now mirror the high
school's.
"The future looks really
good," he said.
Christy Feinberg is a
senior writer at the Sun.
Email her at cfeinberg@
sun-herald.com.

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Jasica trained to drop bombs during Cold War

By DON MOORE
SUN CORRESPONDENT

Ray Jasica was commis-
sioned a 2nd lieutenant
in Marine Corps Aviation
after graduating from
training at Pensacola
Naval Air Station in 1954.
After he got his wings,
he was sent to a squadron
of F9F "Panther" jet fight-
ers based at El Toro Naval
Air Station in Southern
California.
"One of the sad things
that happened while I
was in El Toro, we were
trying to get some flying
time in. Four of us in F9Fs
took off from El Toro for
a flight to Glenview, Ill. It
was in November and the
weather was filthy," said
the 82-year-old former
aviator, who now lives
in Punta Gorda Isles.
"There was a 300-foot
ceiling, and there were
rainstorms on and off.
"Our senior lieutenant
took off first, and ground
control vectored him on
a certain heading. They
told him to report back
when he got on top of
the weather. I was second
and took off in a different
direction. I reported back
to ground control when I
cleared the weather.
"But no one ever heard
back from our leader who
took off first. No wreck-
age of his plane was ever
found. He must have
crashed into the sea."
After El Toro, Jasica flew
for a special weapons
delivery unit. It was part
ofVMA-261 flying out of
Atsugi, Japan. They were
flying AD6 "Skyraiders."
"We were a small
detachment comprised of
six officers, four airplanes
and the ground force to
take care of the planes,"
he said. "It was a big,
beautiful, single-prop
airplane that cruised at
160 to 170 knots. We were
being trained to deliver a
nuclear weapon.
"My targets were
the submarine pens at
Vladivostok, Russia. The
Marine Corps used the
AD6s to deliver an atomic
bomb because none of
its jet fighters were large
enough," Jasica ex-
plained. "This was 1956.
"During my mission,

I was to fly my AD-6 50
feet off the deck to evade
enemy radar. The prob-
lem with flying a prop
plane we didn't know
if we could escape the
atomic blast.
"We were to use the
'loft maneuver' to drop
the bomb. With this
maneuver you flew
your fighter 50 feet off
the ground at 150 knots
until you got close to the
target. At that point, you
climbed to 5,000 feet. You
continued on course a
specified distance from
the target and then went
into a dive to pick up
speed. When you almost
reached ground level, you
were flying at 350 knots.
'At that point you pulled
up the nose of the plane
and released your bomb
manually. When the
barrels of our guns on the
wings of our AD6s passed
through the horizon, we
pushed the bomb's release
button. The bomb flew out
of the bottom of our plane.
We continued our loop
and went screaming down
toward the deck once
more to pick up speed and
reached 350 knots again."
Luckily for Jasica,
he was never put in a
position to worry about
escaping the blast of a
nuclear bomb. At the
time, he was a 24-year-
old lieutenant.
"I never gave the
problem much consider-
ation," he said. "This was
our job and this was what
I was supposed to do in
the Marine Corps if it got
down to nuclear war."
What hit closer to home
than a nuclear bomb
blast three years later was
a RIF (reduction in force)
in the Corps. The Marines

PHOTO PROVIDED

Ray Jasica was a Marine lieu-
tenant flying F9F "Panther"
jet fighters in the 1950s when
this picture was taken.

were retiring officers who
had flown in World War
II and Korea because the
Corps was running out of
money.
Jasica realized he could
be next in line to be
retired if he didn't figure
out something to do that
was more important to
the Corps than flying
fixed-wing fighter planes.
He discovered helicop-
ters. They were his future
in the Marines if he could
switch from fighters to
choppers.
"My first day of
helicopter training
was in August 1958 at
Pensacola," he said. "I
took two months' training
and I became a helicopter
pilot.
"In 1966 I went to
Vietnam and flew H-34
Sikorsky helicopters from
Marble Mountain Naval
Air Station, a few miles
south of the DMZ. We
carried troops or wound-
ed. They would carry
12 Marines and their
combat gear.
"We made a number
of Medevac flights to
pick up wounded and fly
them to a hospital ship
offshore," Jasica said. "I
remember the first time I
recall being in combat.
"We flew out to pick
up a wounded Marine
in a rice paddy. We were
sitting there waiting for
them to load the Marine
and I could see enemy
bullets skipping along the
paddy's surface toward
our helicopter. When this
happened you tended
to crunch down in your
armored seat," he said.

PHOTO PROVIDED
This was Jasica's F6F jet fighter training squadron at Corpus Christie, Texas. He is the pilot at front
row, center.

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PHOTO PROVIDED
A big, two-rotor CH-46 "Sea Knight" helicopter is pictured in flight. Jasica was the commander of
HMT-Squadron 301 at Santa Ana, Calif., that flew CH-46s. It was his last command.

"Another time we were
trying to pick up an injured
Marine who was on a spit
of land in a river surround-
ed by tall trees that made it
impossible for us to reach
him," Jasica explained.
"On our 'copter we had
a boom hoist that stuck
out from the chopper's
side. I told our crew chief
to drop the hoist cable
down and swing it back
and forth like a pendulum.
The ground crew grabbed
the cable and attached it
to the wounded Marine's
stretcher. We extracted him

without incident."
While in Vietnam, Jasica
courted his wife, Joann, a
school teacher in Okinawa.
The couple got married
after they both returned
to the states from the war
zone. He served a tour in
Hawaii on the general's
staff. His daughter, Jana,
was born there. His son,
Anthony, was born in
North Carolina.
Jasica wrapped up
his 20-year career as a
Marine Corps major. He
was the commander of
a CH-46 "Sea Knight"

helicopter squadron,
HMT-301, based at the
Marine Corps Air Facility
in Corpus Christi, Calif.
The Jasicas moved to
Punta Gorda in 1983. Ray
was the manager of a
local Savings of America
bank for a number of
years.
If you have a war story
or a friend or neighbor
has one, email Don
Moore at donmoore39@
gmail.com or call him
at 941-426-2120. For
more war stories, visit
donmooreswartales.com.

Summer Ball to
benefit behavioral
health
The Charlotte Harbor
Event and Conference
Center, 75 Taylor St.,
Punta Gorda, will play
host to the 10th annual
Summer Ball at 6 p.m.
July 27. This event is
an annual signature
fundraiser that benefits
children, adolescents
and families of Charlotte
County who are in urgent
need of crisis counseling,
mental health counseling
and/or substance abuse
medication treatment
at Charlotte Behavioral
Health Care. The theme
of this year's summer
ball will be "Celebrating
Generations of Hope,"
which reflects the
outstanding achieve-
ments and successful
accomplishments of
CBHC throughout the
years, since 1969.
The Crashers will
provide the dancing
entertainment. Tickets
are $100 each. This
event, which is open to
the public, is black-tie

formal. Last year's
Summer Ball raised
$30,000, which went
directly to provide urgent
health care services for
the community. To buy
tickets, or to become a
sponsor, call Jessica Boles
at 941-347-6407, or visit
www.cbhcfl.org.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF
THE TWENTIETH JUDICIAL
CIRCUIT IN AND FOR CHAR-
LOTTE COUNTY, FLORIDA
CIVIL ACTION
Case No.: 12-2922-CA
TECTO USA CORP., a Florida
corporation; and STEPHEN M.
HOLLIS,
Plaintiffs,
vs.
MELINDA A. MOHALL, individ-
ually; MELINDA A. MOHALL,
as Trustee of the MELINDA A.
MOHALL REVOCABLE TRUST
dated June 9, 2006; the
unknown spouse, if any, of
MELINDA A. MOHALL; the
unknown beneficiaries of the
MELINDA A. MOHALL REVO-
CABLE TRUST dated June 9,
2006; et. al.,
Defendants.
NOTICE OF ACTION
TO: MELINDA A. MOHALL,
individually; MELINDA A.
MOHALL, as Trustee of the
MELINDA A. MOHALL REVO-
CABLE TRUST dated June 9,
2006; the unknown spouse, if
any, of MELINDA A. MOHALL;
the unknown beneficiaries of
the MELINDA A. MOHALL
REVOCABLE TRUST dated
June 9, 2006, if alive, and if
dead their unknown spouses,
heirs, devisees, grantees,
creditors and all other parties
claiming by, through, under or
against said Defendants, and
all unknown natural persons,
if alive, and if dead or not
known to be dead or alive,
their several and respective
unknown spouses, heirs,
devisees, grantees, or other
parties claiming by, through
under or against those
unknown natural persons and
the several and respective
unknown assigns, successors
in interest, trustees, or any
other person claiming by,
through, under or against any
corporation or other legal
entity named as a defendant;
and all claimants, persons or
parties, natural or corporate,
or whose exact legal status is
unknown, claiming under any
of the above named or
described defendants or par-
ties claiming to have any
right, title, or interest in the
property hereafter described:
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED
that an action to quiet and con-
firm tax title on the following prop-
erty in Charlotte County, Florida:
A certain parcel of land
lying in Section 1, Town-
ship 40 South, Range 23
East, lying and being in
Charlotte County, Florida,
and being more particular-
ly described as follows:
Take for a point of refer-
ence the intersection of
the South line of aforesaid
Section 1 and the West
right-of-way line of US Hwy
No. 17; go thence N
021'30" E, along said
West right-of-way line
308.73 feet to a point of
beginning; continue along
the same line 372 feet to a
point; go thence N
028'00" E, continuing
along the Westerly right-of-
way line of U.S. Hwy No. 17
for 78 feet to the center-
line of Lee Branch; go
thence meandering South-
westerly along said center-
line 340 feet more or less
to a point; go thence S
021'30" W for 236 feet,
more or less, to a point; go
thence S 8938'30" E for
200 feet to the Point of
Beginning, less and except
any road right-of-way for
Highway No. 17,
has been filed against you and
you are required to serve a copy
of our written defenses, if any, to
it on GARY A. KAHLE, ESQ., of
FARR, FARR, EMERICH, HACK-
ETT and CARR, P.A., Attorneys
for Plaintiff, TECTO USA
CORP., whose address is 99
Nesbit Street, Punta Gorda,
Florida 33950, within thirty
(30) days after the date of the
first publication of the Notice, and
file the original with the Clerk of
this Court either before service
on the Plaintiff's attorney or
immediately thereafter; otherwise
a default will be entered against
you for the relief demanded in the
complaint.

WITNESS my and and the seal of
this Court this 24th day of May.
2013.
BARBARA T SCOTT
as Clerk of the Court
By: C. Coulter
Deputy Clerk
Publish: May 29, June 5, 12, 19,
2013
114849 2896539
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF
THE TWENTIETH JUDICIAL
CIRCUIT IN AND FOR CHAR-
LOTTE COUNTY, FLORIDA

CIVIL ACTION
CASE NO.:
08-2013-CA-001017
NATIONSTAR
MORTGAGE, LLC,
Plaintiff,
vs.
CRAIG V. SPENCE, et al,
Defendant(s).
NOTICE OF ACTION
To: CRAIG V. SPENCE
Last Known Address:
508 NE 1st Ave., Apt. 16
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301-3221
Current Address: Unknown
ANY AND ALL UNKNOWN
PARTIES CLAIMING BY,
THROUGH, UNDER, AND
AGAINST THE HEREIN NAMED
INDIVIDUAL DEFENDANTS)
WHO ARE NOT KNOWN TO BE
DEAD OR ALIVE, WHETHER
SAID UNKNOWN PARTIES MAY
CLAIM AN INTEREST AS
SPOUSES, HEIRS, DEVISEES,
GRANTEES, OR OTHER
CLAIMANTS
Last Known Address: Unknown
Current Address: Unknown
YOU ARE NOTIFIED that an
action to foreclose a mortgage
on the following property in Char-
lotte County, Florida:
LOT 16, BLOCK 2841,
PORT CHARLOTTE SUBDI-
VISION, SECTION 45,
ACCORDING TO THE PLAT
THEREOF, AS RECORDED
IN PLAT BOOK 5, PAGE(S)
56 A THROUGH 56 E,
INCLUSIVE, OF THE PUB-
LIC RECORDS OF CHAR-
LOTTE COUNTY, FLORIDA.
A/K/A 2273 EDNOR ST.,
PORT CHARLOTTE, FL
33952-4314
has been filed against you and
you are required to serve a copy
of your written defenses within 30
days after the first publication, if
any, on Albertelli Law, Plaintiff's
attorney, whose address is P.O.
Box 23028, Tampa, FL 33623,
and file the original with this Court
either before service on Plaintiff's
attorney, or immediately there-
after; otherwise, a default will be
entered against you for the relief
demanded in the Complaint or
petition.
This notice shall be published
once a week for two consecutive
weeks in the Charlotte Sun-Her-
ald.
WITNESS my hand and the seal of
this court on this 7 day of June,
2013.
Clerk of the Circuit Court
By: C.Coulter
Deputy Clerk
If you are a person with a disabili-
ty who needs any accommoda-
tion in order to participate in a
court proceeding, you are enti-
tled, at no cost to you, to the pro-
vision of certain assistance.
Please contact the administrative
Services Manager, whose office
is located at 350 E. Marion Ave.,
Punta Gorda, FL 33950 and
whose telephone number is
(941)637-2281, within two (2)
working days of receipt of this
notice; if you are hearing or voice
impaired, call 1-800-955-8771.
To file response please contact
Charlotte County Clerk of Court,
350 E. Marion Street, Punta
Gorda, FL 33651-1687,
Tel: (941) 637-2238;
Fax: (941) 637-2216.
Publish: June 12 and 19, 2013
272484 2902703

ADVERTISE
In

The Classifieds!
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
Twentieth JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN
AND FOR Charlotte COUNTY,
FLORIDA
Case No.: 13-1832-CA
Division:
Olga Iris Ortiz,
Petitioner,
and
Thomas Ray Bowman,
Respondent.
NOTICE OF ACTION FOR DIS-
SOLUTION OF MARRIAGE
TO: Thomas Ray Bowman
Unknown
YOU ARE NOTIFIED that an
action for dissolution of marriage
has been filed against you and
that you are required to serve a
copy of your written defenses, if
any, to it on Olga Iris Ortiz, whose
address is 2154 Abalom St. PC.
FL 33952 on or before
06/28/13 and file the original
with the clerk of this Court at 350
E. Marion Ave. Punta Gorda. FL.
33950, before service on Peti-
tioner or immediately thereafter.
If you fail to do so, a default
may be entered against you
for the relief demanded in the
petition.
Copies of all court docu-
ments in this case, including
orders, are available at the
Clerk of the Circuit Court's
office. You may review these
documents upon request.
You must keep the Clerk of
the Circuit Court's office noti-
fied of your current address.
(You may file Notice of Cur-
rent Address, Florida
Supreme Court Approved
Family Law Form 12.915.)
Future papers in this lawsuit
will be mailed to the address
on record at the clerk's office.
WARNING: Rule 12.285,
Florida Family Law Rules of
Procedure, requires certain
automatic disclosure of docu-
ments and information. Fail-
ure to comply can result in
sanctions, including dismissal
or striking of pleadings.
Dated: 5/24/13.
CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR
CHARLOTTE COUNTY, FL
PROBATE DIVISION
File No. 11-1821CP
IN RE: ESTATE OF
WALTER G. PARKER,
Deceased.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
The administration of the estate
of WALTER G. PARKER,
deceased, whose date of death
was October 29, 2011, and
whose social security number is
private, is pending in the Circuit
Court for Charlotte County, Flori-
da, Probate Division, File No.: 11-
1821CP the address of which is
18500 Murdock Circle, Port Char-
lotte, Florida 33948. The names
and addresses of the personal
representative and the personal
representative's attorney are set
forth below.
All creditors of the decedent
and other persons having claims
or demands against decedent's
estate on whom a copy of this
notice is required to be served
must file their claims with this
court WITHIN THE LATER OF 3
MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF
THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS
NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE
DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF
THIS NOTICE ON THEM.
All other creditors of the dece-
dent and other persons having
claims or demands against dece-
dent's estate must file their
claims with this court WITHIN 3
MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF
THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS
NOTICE.
ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN
THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH
IN SECTION 733.702 OF THE
FLORIDA PROBATE CODE WILL
BE FOREVER BARRED.
NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME
PERIOD SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY
CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR
MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT'S
DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED.
The date of first publication of
this notice is June 12, 2013.
Attorney for Personal
Representative:
David G. Fisher
E-Mail Address:
dfisher@petersonmyers.com
Florida Bar No. 025964
Peterson & Myers, PA.
100 West Stuart Avenue
Lake Wales, FL 33853
Telephone: (863) 676-7611
Personal Representative:
Walter G. Parker. Jr.
1 South Street
Yarmouth, Maine 04096
Published: June 12 and 19, 2013
361992 2902245

F NOTICE OF
FORECLOSURE
3122

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
TWENTIETH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN
AND FOR CHARLOTTE COUNTY,
FLORIDA
CASE NO.: 2012-CA-000408
WELLS FARGO BANK, NA,
Plaintiff,
VS.
SAMUEL V. ESTEPA; AURORA S.
ESTEPA; et al.,
Defendantss.
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE
SALE PURSUANT TO
CHAPTER 45
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
sale will be made pursuant to an
Order or Final Summary Judg-
ment. Final Judgment was award-
ed on in Civil Case No. 2012-CA-
000408, of the Circuit Court of
the Judicial Circuit in and for
CHARLOTTE County, Florida,
wherein, WELLS FARGO BANK,
NA is the Plaintiff, and SAMUEL V.
ESTEPA; AURORA S. ESTEPA;
UNKNOWN TENANT #1;
UNKNOWN TENANT #2; PEACE
HARBOR CONDOMINIUM ASSOCI-
ATION INC; ANY AND ALL
UNKNOWN PARTIES CLAIMING
BY, THROUGH, UNDER AND
AGAINST THE HEREIN NAMED
INDIVIDUAL DEFENDANTS) WHO
ARE NOT KNOWN TO BE DEAD
OR ALIVE, WHETHER SAID
UNKNOWN PARTIES MAY CLAIM
AN INTEREST AS SPOUSES,
HEIRS, DEVISEES, GRANTEES,
OR OTHER CLAIMANTS are
Defendants.
The Clerk of the court, Bar-
bara T. Scott will sell to the high-
est bidder for cash at
WWW.CHARLOTTE.REALFORE-
CLOSE.COM at 11:00 A.M. on the
5th day of July, 2013, the follow-
ing described real property as set
forth in said Final Summary Judg-
ment, to wit:
CONDOMINIUM PARCEL:
UNIT 1209, PEACE HARBOR,
A CONDOMINIUM, ACCORD-
ING TO THE DECLARATION OF
CONDOMINIUM RECORDED IN
OFFICIAL RECORDS BOOK
3043, PAGE 787, AND SUBSE-
QUENT AMENDMENTS
THERETO, OF THE PUBLIC
RECORDS OF CHARLOTTE
COUNTY, FLORIDA.
TOGETHER WITH RIGHT OF
USE AS A LIMITED COMMON
ELEMENT: PARKING SPACE
#21, PEACE HARBOR, A CON-
DOMINIUM, AS DESCRIBED IN
THE DECLARATION OF CON-
DOMINIUM IN OFFICIAL
RECORDS BOOK 3043, PAGE
787 AND SUBSEQUENT
AMENDMENTS THERETO, OF
THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF
CHARLOTTE COUNTY, FLORI-
DA
ANY PERSON CLAIMING AN
INTEREST IN THE SURPLUS
FROM THE SALE, IF ANY, OTHER
THAN THE PROPERTY OWNER AS
OF THE DATE OF THE LIS PEN-
DENS MUST FILE A CLAIM WITH-
IN 60 DAYS AFTER THE SALE.

Dated this 5th day of June, 2013.
Barbara T. Scott
CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT
To view today's legal notices
and more visit,
www.floridapublicnotices.com

By: C.L.G.
Deputy Clerk
IMPORTANT
IF YOU ARE A PERSON WITH A
DISABILITY WHO NEEDS ANY
ACCOMMODATION IN ORDER TO
PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROCEED-
ING, YOU ARE ENTITLED, AT NO
COST TO YOU, TO THE PROVI-
SION OF CERTAIN ASSISTANCE.
PLEASE CONTACT THE ADA
COORDINATOR, <
INSERT ADA NAME. ADDRESS.
AND PHONE NUMBER>>: WITHIN
2 WORKING DAYS UPON RECEIV-
ING THIS NOTICE; IF YOU ARE
HEARING OR VOICE IMPAIRED,
CALL 711.
Publish: June 12 and 19, 2013
334261 2902857
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
TWENTIETH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
OF FLORIDA IN AND FOR
CHARLOTTE COUNTY
GENERAL JURISDICTION DIVI-
SION
CASE NO. 08-2012-CA-000770
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
Plaintiff,
vs.
IVOR NOICELY, et al,
Defendants.
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE
SALE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pur-
suant to a Summary Final Judg-
ment of Foreclosure filed May 28,
2013 entered in Civil Case No.
08-2012-CA-000770 of the Cir-
cuit Court of the Twentieth Judi-
cial Circuit in and for Charlotte
County, Punta Gorda, Florida, I
will sell to the highest and best
bidder for cash at www.char-
lotte.realforeclose.com in accor-
dance with Chapter 45 Florida
Statutes at 11:00 A.M. on the 1st
day of July, 2013 on the following
described property as set forth in
said Summary Final Judgment:
The SOUTH 1/2 of the
NORTHWEST 1/4 of the
SOUTHWEST 1/4 of the
SOUTHWEST 1/4 of Section
28, Township 40 South,
Range 27 East, Charlotte
County, Florida, also known as
Tract 112, Golden Ranches.
Any person claiming an interest
in the surplus form the sale, if
any. other than the property
owner as of the date of the Lis
Pendens, must file a claim within
60 days after the sale.
Dated this 30th day of May,
2013.
CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT
As Clerk of the Court
BY: C.L.G.
Deputy Clerk
Published: June 5 and 12, 2013
361862 2900123

NOTICE OF
MEETING
S3126

PUBLIC NOTICE
The Punta Gorda Housing Author-
ity will review and revise its Sec-
tion 8 Administration Plan at the
Board's regular monthly meeting
on Thursday, June 20, 2013, at
8:30am. The meeting will be held
in the conference room of the
Punta Gorda Housing Authority,
340 Gulf Breeze Avenue, Punta
Gorda, FL. Copies of the revised
Administration Plan, and pro-
posed revisions can be reviewed
at the office of the Punta Gorda
Housing authority any time after
June 12, 2013. For further infor-
mation please contact Loraine
Helber at 941-639-4344.
Publish: June 12, 2013
115869 2902824

PUBLIC NOTICE
THE PUNTA GORDA HOUSING
AUTHORITY (PGHA) HAS MADE
REVISIONS TO ITS ADMINISTRA-
TIVE PLAN FOR THE HOUSING
CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM
(SECTION 8) TO INCLUDE HOW
PGHA WILL ACCEPT APPLICA-
TIONS FOR HOUSING.
THIS POLICY WITHIN THE
ADMINISTRATIVE PLAN WILL BE

AT 12:01 A.M. PRE-APPLICA-
TIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED
UNTIL JULY 7, 2013
AT 11:59 P.M.
APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPT-
ED ONLINE ONLY AT
www.puntagordaha.org
NO APPLICATIONS WILL BE
ACCEPTED IN PERSON OR
BY MAIL
Applicants without access to a
personal computer may access
the Housing Authority's website
from a computer at any public
library. Applicants should have
the names, dates of birth, and
Social Security numbers available
for each household member
when applying. Applicants should
also know the amount of income
for each household member and
the names, addresses and phone
numbers for all landlords in the
last three (3) years.
If you are a senior or disabled
applicant and need assistance in
completing an application, assis-
tance will be available at the
Punta Gorda Housing Authority
Office during normal business
hours 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Monday through Thursday.
Successful applicants will be cho-
sen through a Lottery System. a
list of 250 applicants selected for
the wait list (identified by an
"Application Confirmation Num-
ber" assigned at time of applying)
will be posted on PGHA's website,
www.puntaaordaha.org No
Later Than July 15, 2013.
You may be eligible if your fami-
ly's income is less than:
$18,600...for One Person
$21,250...for a Family of Two
$23,900...for a Family of Three
$26,550...for a Family of Four
$28,700...for a Family of Five
$30,800...for a Family of Six
$32,950...for a Family of Seven
$35,050...for a Family of Eight
For Further information Contact:
Punta Gorda Housing Authority
340 Gulf Breeze Avenue Punta
Gorda, FL. 33950
(941) 639-4344
Equal Housing Opportunity
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Band to hold
car wash

The Port Charlotte
High School Band
will hold a car wash
fundraiser from
9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Saturday at Busey
Bank, 1490 Tamiami
Trail, Port Charlotte.
A $5 donation is
requested. Proceeds
will benefit the band.
For more information,
call Charles Brown at
941-626-7631.

Salvation Army
collects school
supplies

The Salvation Army,
2120 Loveland Blvd.,
Port Charlotte, is col-
lecting school supplies
for the upcoming
school year to give to
those in need. At this
time, the following sup-
plies are needed: No. 2
pencils, crayons, 6- and
12-inch plastic rulers,
marble composition
notebooks, two-pocket
folders, glue sticks,
filler paper, one-subject
notebooks, washable
color markers and ball-
point pens. Donations
gladly will be accepted
at The Salvation Army.
Parents may apply for
book bags and school
supplies now through
July 26, also at The
Salvation Army. For
more information, call
941-629-3170.

Road closures
expected during
city project

The city of Punta
Gorda Utilities
Department will begin
a gravity sewer replace-
ment project June 24.
This project is anticipat-
ed to take approximately
four weeks to complete.
Lane closures will be
necessary during the
project. Sullivan Street
between Marion Avenue
and Retta Esplanade will
be closed to through
traffic, and there will be
very limited access. The
alleyway between Taylor
and Sullivan streets
that runs next to the
Woman's Club also will
be closed.
Every effort will be
made by the contractor
to keep businesses as
accessible as possible;
however there will be
times when access to
the roadway and alley-
way will not be possible.
The utilities department
requests that motorists
limit their use of this
section of the roadway
and alleyway during
the project. Parking on
Sullivan Street and in
the alleyway between
Taylor and Sullivan
streets is prohibited
during the duration of
this project.
For more information,
call 941-575-3339.

Golf tourney
to benefit
Charlotte Players

The Charlotte Players
will hold a golf scramble
fundraiser at 7:30 a.m.
Saturday at Kingsway
Country Club, 13625
S.W. Kingsway Circle,
Lake Suzy. Registration
will begin at 7:30 a.m.,
with a shotgun start
at 8:30 a.m. There will
be prizes awarded to
the top three teams,
and for closest to the
pin and the longest
drive. There also will
be a 50/50 raffle. The

cost of $55 per player
includes green fees, a
golf cart, a gift bag and
lunch. Sponsorships are
available. Proceeds will
benefit the Charlotte
Players. For more
information, call Jenn
McLaughlin at 941-
447-0801, or Dan
Mearns at 941-893-9692.

The Sun /Wednesday, June 12, 2013

LOCAL/REGIONAL NEWS

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'Paddles in Paradise'

reveals best kayaking sites

ever say no to a
new idea.
Five years ago,
when Ed and Debbie
Higgins moved to Punta
Gorda, friends suggested
they try kayaking.
As an avid canoeist and
boating enthusiast, Ed
didn't think he needed
one more water sport.
But when Jan and Ron
Novelle convinced them
to come along on a Punta
Gorda Boat Club kayaking
trip, the couple did more
than glide kayaks into the
water.
They sailed into a new
passion that would soon
become a rewarding way
of life.
"Right from the start,
we loved the entire
kayaking experience,"
says Ed. "In a kayak, the
world disappears. The
sounds, the smells, the
silence and the beauty are
breathtaking."
"It's an incredible
experience to glide along
in a kayak," says Debbie.
"You can appreciate the
beauty of nature in a way
you never did before."
Friends say the couple
never does anything half
way.
"They dive into some-
thing with unmatched
zeal and when they do
something, they do it
exceedingly well," says
Jan Norvelle.
Because of that, Ed and
Deb were asked to take
over the Punta Gorda
Boat Club's kayak group.
At that time, there were
eight to 12 club kayakers.
Now, there are close to 40.
The couple's enthu-
siasm for kayaking is
contagious, compelling
others to try it.

"Some of the most un-
likely people who come
along on their first trip go
out and buy kayaks," Ed
says.
For Debbie and Ed,
their reward is seeing new
kayakers go from appre-
hension to sheer joy.
"It's a perfect sport for
seniors. We've taught
people in their 80s to
kayak," Ed says, adding
that he's willing to help
anyone who wants to
learn.
But they don't just say,
here's a kayak, here's a
paddle, now go.
"We teach newcom-
ers the right way to get
in and out of a boat
and show them how to
paddle safety before
they are on the water. We
also make sure we stay
with beginners, build-
ing up their skills and
confidence. No one is left
alone," says Ed.
As a firefighter for
32 years and former fire
chief in Lynn, Mass., Ed
honed a keen attention
to detail. "If you don't pay
attention to every detail
in firefighting, someone
gets hurt," he says.
It's that attention to
detail that carries over
into each kayak trip.
The most common
question kayakers hear
from newcomers is:
Where can I go kayaking?

North Port man's

That's like asking
where to find a star in
the sky. The answer is
everywhere.
But not all kayak sites
are created equal, espe-
cially for beginners.
After being asked that
question repeatedly,
Debbie and Ed answered
it in a most thorough way
by writing a book detail-
ing the best kayak sites.
"Paddles in Paradise"
is available on Amazon,
in area bookstores, or
on the authors' website.
The book includes maps,
plentiful tips and color
photos taken in 25 places
they call "hidden gems."
While Debbie did the
research and photographs
for the book, Ed is the
wordsmith whose beauti-
ful prose makes you want
to jump in the car and go
there.
The book includes their
favorite local places as
well as top kayaking spots
within a three-hour drive.
Before they pick a
kayaking site, the couple
visits the area, trying dif-
ferent waterways to find
the best launch sites and
prettiest paddles.
"One of our passions is to
travel and go exploring in
our kayaks.We spend a lot
of time and money finding
the best sites," Ed admits.
Another passion is
sharing their love of
kayaking with others.
"Paddles in Paradise" is
their way of doing exactly
that.
For more information,
go to www.paddlesin
paradise.com.
Pattie Mihalik is a regu-
lar columnist for the Sun.
Contact her at newgirl@
comcast.net.

sexual

battery trial underway

By DREW WINCHESTER
STAFF WRITER

SARASOTA COUNTY -
The state's key witness
against Anthony David
Hanifan, a North Port
man accused of sexually
assaulting a
2 /2-year-old girl in his
care and photograph-
ing the abuse, detailed
a bizarre relationship
between the two men in
which they created their
own homemade child
pornography and shared
it using cellphones and
email.
Massachusetts
resident Jason Clark, 31,
testified in front of a six-
member jury and two al-
ternates at the Sarasota
County Courthouse
Tuesday that he and
Hanifan, 38, had shared
multiple photographs,
emails and personal
details about their lives
before Clark was ar-
rested by Massachusetts
authorities and charged
on both the state and
federal levels with mul-
tiple counts of indecent
assault and battery on
a child, and possession
of child pornography, in
2011. Clark is charged
in the Massachusetts
Middle District.
Hanifan, meanwhile,
became the focus of a
local investigation fol-
lowing Clark's arrest and
was arrested by North
Port police in October
2011 on multiple charg-
es, including two counts
each of molestation of a
victim younger than 12,
sexual battery on a child
younger than 12, cruelty
toward a child and five
counts of transmission
of child pornography.
But even though Clark

admitted he had his
own sexual relationship
with a child and pho-
tographed
the abuse
for his and
eventually
Hanifan's
enjoyment,
he testified
that images
HANIFAN shared by
Hanifan
were "more sexual in
nature" than he was
used to, adding that it
was "more than he could
handle."
During phone conver-
sations between the two
men, Clark testified that
Hanifan was becoming
leery of having sex with
the toddler, worried
that she would start to
remember the alleged
encounters as she aged.
She was 2 1/2-years-old at
the time of the alleged
crime, according to
court records.
Clark's Worcester,
Mass.-based attorney,
Brian Murphy, said
Clark has entered a
plea deal in federal
court and could receive
15 to 30 years for his
alleged crimes. Part of
the plea deal involved
his testimony against
Hanifan, he said. A solo
state charge has been
forfeited in favor of the
federal case, he added.
Meanwhile, Hanifan
requested to not be pres-
ent in the courtroom
for his trial, which is
being presided over
by 12th Circuit Judge
Donna Padar Berlin,
but the girl's mother, a
local teacher, made up
another key piece of
the state's case against
Hanifan. The Sun is not
identifying the child's

mother to protect her
identity.
She remained com-
posed as she detailed the
events of Oct. 19, 2011,
in which she was pulled
from her classroom at
Woodland Middle School
and told by detectives
that her daughter had
been abused.
The child's mother
said she noticed physi-
cal changes to the child
prior to October of that
year, an indication that
Hanifan has been abus-
ing the girl for a period
beyond the date of his
arrest. While looking
at photos found on
Hanifan's iPhone, images
he had shared with Clark
of the child's abuse,
the woman remained
composed, almost me-
thodical, as she recalled
details for the jury
and alternates, which
included six women and
two men.
The trial is expected
to continue through
Thursday, and the jury
could deliberate as early
as Thursday afternoon,
but Berlin estimates they
likely will begin their
deliberation process
Friday.
Hanifan's attorney
John Scotese declined
to comment, but told
Berlin that he does not
plan on calling witnesses
or presenting evidence
on Hanifan's behalf dur-
ing the trial. Federal and
North Port investigators
are expected to testify
today.
Assistant State
Attorney Andrea
McHugh also declined
to comment because
the case is open and
ongoing.
Email: dwinchester@sun-herald.com

OUR POSITION: Charlotte
Assembly process has potential to
put county on better path.
When former Charlotte
County Administration
Jan Winters launched
the first Charlotte Assembly
in 1996, a steering committee
member summed up the group's
mission like this: "We can either let
things happen or make things hap-
pen." With the Charlotte County
Commission's appointment of
members to the steering commit-
tee for the fourth Charlotte As-
sembly on Tuesday, it will now fall
on this group of engaged citizens
to formulate a charge for the rest of
the group's membership.
We called for a reconvening of
the assembly several weeks back
because it was becoming clear
that the county was in a deep-
seated reactive mode due to a
series of crises. The assembly is a
spin-off of the American Assembly
created by former President
Dwight D. Eisenhower while
serving as president of Columbia
College in 1950. Its strength is to
foster wide-ranging discussions
on a range of issues and to provide
commissioners with guidance
borne out of a consensus among
a broad cross section of our com-
munity. The assembly process also
provides decision-makers with
political cover for difficult deci-
sions due to its public vetting and
debate of pending issues.
Among the many topics the
Charlotte Assembly will doubt-
lessly discuss is an expected
2014 referendum on the exten-
sion of the 1-cent sales tax. But
we expect the issues participants
will examine over two or three
days of committee meetings
and group discussions will dig
deeper into the challenges facing
Charlotte County, including:
Growth To our north and
south, home and commercial
construction have acceler-
ated over the past years while
Charlotte County has lagged
behind. Some of this sluggish-
ness is structural lower home
prices, few large tracts attractive
to big developers and some
cyclical big developments
like Babcock Ranch and several
planned for Burnt Store Road
were delayed or doomed by
the housing bust and financial
crisis. What is Charlotte County
doing and what more can it do
to restore this critical third leg to
the local economic stool?
Quality of life Health and
well-being are key factors in
a community with Charlotte
County's demographics, but how
residents achieve that in future
decades will change. Successful
communities that stress active
lifestyles and walkable neighbor-
hoods have been attracting bigger
shares of the retiree market (think
The Villages). Punta Gorda has
been proactive in upgrading its
transportation infrastructure
to make it more pedestrian
and cyclist-friendly. What does
Charlotte County need to do to
keep pace with changing demand
in this critical market? The experi-
ment in Parkside will determine if
fledgling efforts by the county to
makeover this 1960s-era retire-
ment mecca will pay dividends.
Vision County Administrator
Ray Sandrock has been trying to
refocus staff- and his commis-
sion bosses on what Charlotte
County can be, after years of
responding to the aforemen-
tioned crises. Not everyone in
the Charlotte Assembly will agree
upon every idea or strategy, but
like successful businesses, the
county needs a mission that
guides decision-making. The
County Commission will ulti-
mately set the goals staff must
strive to attain, but input from
scores of its most plugged-in
residents will give board members
a strong tailwind to establish poli-
cies and stick with them that

give the county the best chance to
reach its potential.

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LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR

Sees a need for
'mental' institutions

Editor:
Now that the gun control
issue has hopefully been
put to bed in the Senate, it
is time to address one of the
primary causes of incidents
where mentally challenged
individuals have used guns
to harm others. The area
that requires addressing
is access to mental health
assistance.
Not long ago, under the
guise of what was consid-
ered a stigma to be a patient
at a mental institution,
but with the true motive
of cost cutting, politicians
disassembled the mental
institutions. Those requiring
mental health assistance
were shuffled to group
homes where supposedly
they received the necessary
assistance. This has resulted
in no more than "warehous-
ing" those individuals.
With insufficient physi-
cian and psychiatric care
these individuals have been
left to care for themselves
and possibly be over-medi-
cated. Others, not confined
to these group homes, are
"out on the street." Please
do not consider this an
indictment of those operat-
ing those homes. It is the
system that is deficient.
It is time to reconsider the
need for mental institutions.
The direction that should be
considered is the establish-
ment of a network of region-
al "mental hospitals," staffed
by qualified individuals,
where those in need, includ-
ing the members of the
military and veterans with
PTSD, can receive proper
treatment and centralized
research can be conducted.
The re-establishment of
mental institutions will go a
long way toward providing
proper assistance to the
mentally challenged and
correcting the problem of
those with mental health
problems misusing guns.
Salvatore Castronovo
Punta Gorda

Bad timing for
boat grand prix

Editor:
April 11, 12 and 13 will
probably be a beautiful week-
end next year. Englewood
families with children and
grandchildren, tourists and

spring-breakers will expect to
be filling the restaurants and
beaches during this most
popular time of the year. But
it's not going to work that
way.
Super Boat International
is bringing 50,000-80,000
extra people to our area to
watch offshore boat racing
and "put us on the map."
They intend to snap up
every possible parking spot,
overnight accommodation
and even restrict Englewood
Beach from the people who
live here. Their relationship
with Children's Charities is
"advisory" this is strictly
a for-profit event, with any
profits going to the organiz-
ers, Charlotte Harbor Super
Boat Grand Prix and Jerry
York, president.
Held on any other weekend
from May through November,
this could possibly be a boon
to the Englewood business
community, but this will be
the weekend before Easter
and traffic is always heavy,
restaurants are happily full,
and the tourists are spending
the money they've saved up
all year for a glorious week in
Florida.
So, unless you're a fan of
boat racing or huge crowds,
you need to think seriously
about planning your annual
family get-together. And,
if you happen to live on
Manasota Key and expect
to attend church on Palm
Sunday forget it!
Judy Miller
Englewood

Must become
the squeaky wheel

Editor:
We supposedly have a
representative government.
We elect people who go to
Punta Gorda or Sarasota,
Tallahassee, or Washington,
D.C., to carry the message
and act on the will of the
people. But the people have
abdicated their part of the
process by allowing more
and more decisions to be
made without benefit of the
vote of the people.
There are thousands of
examples. Some 59 percent
of us do not want collection
of our data. But there it is
- bigger and more wide-
sweeping than we could
imagine. Where are our rep-
resentatives? From passage
until today, a majority of
Americans do not approve of
Obamacare. Where were our
representatives? Americans
approve of immigration
reform with certain require-
ments. Some 68 percent

want secure borders. A
whopping 85 percent
support E-verify. Where are
our representatives? Do
they represent us or special
interests and voting blocks?
Here is the problem. We
are not being represented.
And we do not hold people
accountable. This is our
country, these are our
elected representatives.
In many cases, we made
poor choices, marking
the ballot for a familiar
name or without doing our
due-diligence.
For things to get better,
we have to become in-
volved. We have to sacrifice
our time and our money to
get principled people into
office who understand rep-
resentative government. We
have to communicate our
wishes, follow their votes
and expect results. We have
to become the vocal major-
ity, the squeaky wheel.
Richard Doonan
Rotonda West

Sons of Italy
on Easy Street

Editor:
Yes. There is a Sons of
Italy in Port Charlotte.
In my article in April, to
thank our volunteers, I men-
tioned that I was a volunteer
karaoke DJ at pasta night
every Thursday at the Son's
of Italy in Port Charlotte.
I was amazed there were
so many people that didn't
know the Son's of Italy was
here.
So, I would like to tell
everyone, Lodge 2507 has
been in Port Charlotte
since 1982, over 30 years.
We're at 3725 Easy St. All
are welcome. Give us a call
at 941-764-9003 or call any
Thursday for reservations:
$8.50 for pasta, meatballs,
bread, salad, dessert, bever-
ages and karaoke. Also, it's
BYOB.
I hope to see you there.
Don Mastrogiovanni
Punta Gorda

Republicans:
Heal thyself
Editor:
In response to liberals and
brain disorder: Because over
half of the voting public
disagrees with your position
does not indicate a brain
disorder, and the fact that
Fox News has been awarded
the highest "pants-on-fire"
untruthfulness title (by
independent organizations)
might be sufficient to regard

them as less-than-truthful.
The party of "no" requires
thought. The interstate,
cross-country railroad
and the Hoover Dam were
all government-funded
projects that put people
to work. But they are old,
as are our bridges. Putting
folks back to work in this
country and restoring our
infrastructure are way more
farsighted than what Sen.
McCain thinks regarding
Syria, and for the benefit of
whom? And at what cost? If
we could afford that, then
we sure can do the fund-
ing that would put folks to
work again and deal with
the Mideast later.
About Fox and the racist
card: Your point is?
For the readers' educa-
tion, by law, all money bills
originate in the House.
They then go to the Senate,
and from there to a House/
Senate conference commit-
tee, where their differences
are compromised before
going to the president for
signature. Oops, I forgot.
There is no compromise.
I, too, believe in my
country just not my
country, right or wrong -
and that is precisely why we
have the First Amendment.
So if the writer knows a
good psychiatrist, I would
suggest, "Physician heal
thyself."
George O'Reilly
Port Charlotte

Focus on those
who would destroy us

Editor:
This letter is not politi-
cally correct. Instead, it is
factual.
At the Fort Myers airport,
I placed my valuables on
the TSA conveyor belt and
proceeded through X-ray.
Exiting X-ray, a TSA agent
took me aside, questioned
me and wanted my
backside. Still not satis-
fied, a new TSA agent was
summoned by radio, who
swabbed each hand and
tested each swab, presum-
ably searching for explosive
residue.
At this point, I glanced at
the conveyor, jammed with
travelers and their personal
items, and said, "I'm wor-
ried about my belongings."
The TSA agent replied,
"I'm worried about you."
That says it all. I wish I had
replied, "You don't need to
worry about me, I'm not
Muslim."
The facts are that Muslim
airplane terrorists (Twin
Towers, shoe and underwear
bombers) have caused
major intrusions into travel-
ers' bodies, belongings and
communications; caused
the creation of a 67,000-em-
ployee airport bureaucracy
costing taxpayers over
$7 billion annually; consumed
incalculable TSA hours,
travelers' hours and taxpayers'
dollars to grope people like
me, a 65-plus, female, law-
abiding senior citizen.
I'm all for nailing terror-
ists, but I've yet to hear of
TSA collaring a terrorist, and
I've certainly not heard of
any American-born, senior-
citizen terrorists.
Our government says
sacrificing our privacy,
dignity and billions of dol-
lars annually is the price
everybody must pay to
protect lives. No! Lives will
be saved by focusing our
efforts and dollars directly
on those who have sworn to
destroy us.
Glenice Reed
Punta Gorda

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Brown mural proposal sent to commission

N ow that the his-
toric preservation
advisory board
and City Council have
approved painting of the
"George Brown" mural
on the historic County
Courthouse mechanical
equipment hide (chiller
wall) located on the
southeastern corner fac-
ing Olympia Avenue, the
proposal will go before
the County Commission
at a future date for final
review. The historic mural
will commemorate the
accomplishment and
contributions of George
Brown, a prominent Afri-
can-American business-
man and citizen of Punta
Gorda/Charlotte County
during the formative
years of our community.
Interesting to note Mr.
Brown formerly owned
the property that the his-
toric County Courthouse
resides on.

Bike repair
As part of the city's
efforts to become

designated as a bicycle
friendly community,
(as included in our
strategic plan) Council
approved purchase
of a bike repair stand
that includes all the
tools necessary to
perform basic repairs
and maintenance from
changing a flat tire to
adjusting brakes and
derailleurs. The stand
will be placed in the
vicinity of Shreve Street
and Virginia Avenue
where the linear park
and multi-use recre-
ational trail converge.
This initial Pathways
amenity will be paid
from park impact fees;
thereafter, additional
stands will be purchased

Pension changes
Council discussed
the financial state of
the city's three pension
plans (general employ-
ees, police and fire)
as well as a potential
"hybrid" plan for new
and existing general
employees. The hybrid
pension plan would
offer a much lower
multiplier in conjunc-
tion with a somewhat
lower contribution from
employees. Staff will
develop parameters
for such a plan with
the objective that costs
borne by the City be no
more than or less than
current obligations.

ECEC meeting
At its monthly investors

meeting, Enterprise
Charlotte Economic
Council received a
presentation from
Edison State College's
dean of business and
technology. The school
offers various types of
degrees in accounting,
business administra-
tion, civil engineering,
architectural design,
programming, supervi-
sion and management,
public safety, paralegal,
criminal justice and
crime scene technol-
ogy. Council Members
Carolyn Freeland and
Tom Cavanaugh and I
were in attendance.

Newsletter
The Spring/Summer
2013 edition of the CITY
HALLways Newsletter
is now available on the
city's website, under
What's New. This issue
contains information
on hurricane prepared-
ness, commercial
recycling, public spaces
amenity gift program,

home solicitation sales
and unscrupulous
contracting, and much
more.

Fire department
Fire department
employees met with
staff as well as the
Volunteer Coordinator
from the Virginia B.
Andes clinic to become
more familiar with
the services provided.
The Virginia B. Andes
Volunteer Community
Clinic provides no-cost
medical services and
prescription medica-
tion to the uninsured of
Charlotte County. The
services are provided by
a small army of volun-
teers; fire department
personnel are looking to
partner with volunteers
whenever we can.

presentation to city
residents at the PGI
Civic Association. More
than 100 residents
were in attendance,
including Councilman
Tom Cavanaugh. The
presentation focused
on the City of Punta
Gorda's resources as
well as the importance
of having a personal
preparedness plan. The
session concluded with
a question and answer
session which proved to
be very informative.
Last week the
community experienced
some needed rainfall as
well as slight localized
flooding due to Tropical
Storm Andrea. While
the impact was minimal
for the City of Punta
Gorda, we can use this
as a good exercise for
any future events we
may encounter.
Howard Kunik is
the Punta Gorda city
manager. Readers may
reach him at HKunik@
ci.punta-gorda.fl. us.

Deutsch: What I would do in a second term

W hen I an-
nounced my
candidacy for
Charlotte County com-
missioner in 2009, I said
that I believed it impor-
tant the voters know the
principles and positions
of all of the candidates.
I shared that informa-
tion then and feel it
important to do so now.
It has been my
honor to serve as your
county commissioner
since 2010. My beliefs
and principles remain
constant and steadfast.
I believe and trust
in the Lord. I believe
in individual rights,
limited government,
and our free enterprise
system. There is no
question in my mind
that elected public
officials have the sworn
duty to defend and up-
hold the original intent
of the Constitution of
the United States of
America. I took that
oath when I enlisted in
the service, and on at
least seven other occa-
sions when sworn into
public office. I believe
that we have the God-
given, inherent rights of

life, liberty and property
as secured by law. I will
continue to work to
protect those rights and
our freedom.
I support our
Constitution and do not
take that responsibility
lightly. My belief is that
elected officials must
serve with the highest
degree of integrity.
Elected officials must
be honest, sincere and
reflect the views of the
people they represent.
Elected officials must
also be responsive to
the concerns of their
constituents. I support
our Constitution as the
supreme law of the land,
our representative gov-
ernment it requires, and
the right of all citizens
to fair and equitable
representation.
As your elected

Charlotte County
commissioner, I have
the opportunity to
walk in the footsteps
of our forefathers and
serve our great nation
at the local level where
the very roots of our
democracy begin. I have
accepted this respon-
sibility in the past and
welcome the opportu-
nity to serve once again.
I support the natural
rights of every citizen
as enumerated in our
Bill of Rights whereby
government action
is limited to specific
powers as defined in our
Constitution.
As I have demon-
strated, I am fiscally
conservative but sensi-
tive to social needs.
I believe we must
maintain a balanced
budget; not spend
beyond our income, and
strive towards increased
governmental efficiency.
We cannot overburden
our county taxpayers. I
support pay as you go
government and will
not vote for any new tax
increases. I further sup-
port recommendations
to reduce government

waste. I will work with
our community social
service agencies to help
them become self-suffi-
cient and independent
from local government
funding.
We must work to
encourage development
of local, diversified,
small- and medium-size
business to create jobs
and improve our overall
quality of life.
As your county com-
missioner, I have stood
up and held myself
accountable to you,
the voters of Charlotte
County. My pledge is to
continue to be present
and accounted for at the
commission meetings. I
have demonstrated my
work ethic to the voters
of Charlotte County and
you have my personal
commitment to con-
tinue to serve you to the
best of my ability with
honesty and integrity.
My open door policy
will continue to give
everyone input in deci-
sion making.
My principles
are guided by the
Declaration of
Independence and

our Constitution. My
support of these build-
ing blocks of our great
country is steadfast and
unyielding. I defend
and support the Bill
of Rights and proudly
stand up to be counted
as doing so. I support
the original intent of
an individual's right to
keep and bear arms. I
fully believe in limited
government and the
preservation of state's
rights as defined in our
Constitution.
Most of my adult life
has been dedicated to
community and public
service. I have demon-
strated my leadership
skills. I have the aca-
demic education and
extensive experience

to do the job right. My
agenda is simple, direct
and to the point. I
want to leave a positive
legacy for our children
and grandchildren. As
you all know by now, I
have no hidden agenda
and am not positioning
myself to benefit after
leaving office. My only
desire is to continue
serving our community
with leadership, dedi-
cation, integrity and
competence, and leave
Charlotte County a little
better for those who will
come after us.
Stephen R. Deutsch is
a Charlotte County com-
missioner. Readers may
reach him at stephenr
deutsch @charlottefl.
com.

Once lunch
is over, the
children have
the option of
games, crafts
or reading.
Levi Rubin,
8, and Dylan
Turner, 8,
chose a game
of Twister with
the help of
Alex Turner,
13, calling the
moves.

Feed and Read at the Port Charlotte Library offers children ages 18 and under a free hot meal,
a free library card, crafts, games and more. The program, sponsored by the Friends of the Port
Charlotte Library in conjunction with the Charlotte County school district, is open from noon to
1:30 p.m. Tuesday through Friday until July 20. Eliora Bachman, 12, her sister Joy, 10, and their
brother Neale, 8, came to eat and then find a quiet place to read.

As many as 200 people a day have come through the doors at
the Port Charlotte Library for the free Feed and Read program
offered during the summer.

John Do, 2, and his sister Vicki, 6, join their mother Loan Do at
one of the tables to look over some reading materials before
lunch was served.

Even before the free lunch, Gracie Howard, 6, her brother
Michael, 7, and Domanick Stanton, 9, were choosing books and
videos to check out from the library.

Overdraft protection often is a
better deal for banks than for
consumers, a new study by a
federal watchdog agency reveals.
Page 2 -

Day 2 of Zimmerman
jury selection

Prosecutors and George
Zimmerman's attorneys have
been unable to find potential
jurors who hadn't heard
something about the fatal
shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon
Martin by the neighborhood
watch volunteer.
Page 5 -

10 things to know

1. Standoff in Turkey
Turkish protesters storm the main
square and are met with tear gas
a day after the prime minister
offered to hear their views.

2. Supporters visit
Congress to defend NSA
The ACLU sues the federal govern-
ment for gathering phone and
Internet records, while intelligence
officials brief the House on why spy
programs are needed and are
not intrusive.

3. Opening the door
for immigrants
In Spanish and English, the Senate
pushes contentious immigration
legislation over early procedural
hurdles as Obama urges, "The
moment is now."

4. An unholy 'grail'
Manual left behind in Mali
confirms al-Qaida cell is training to
use feared surface-to-air missile.

5. Game of loans
Consumers who opt for overdraft
coverage on their checking
accounts may pay higher fees
and are more likely to have their
accounts closed than those who
decline it.

6. How NYC may battle
next superstorm
An ambitious project is proposed
by the New York City mayor to
protect the city from effects of
climate change.

7. Who is lamenting
'gay lobby'
Pope Francis laments that a "gay
lobby" is at work at the Vatican and
acknowledges he isn't particularly
adept at administration, notes
from a private audience reveal.

8. All in a day's work
for lobsterman
A 90-year-old man is eager to get back
on the water after his boat sinks and
he survives by swimming to a nearby
island in the chilly Gulf of Maine.

9. Where you may be
waiting for a flight
A plan to simplify the European
Union's patchwork air traffic control
system and open up more air traffic
duties to private enterprise sparks
strikes expected to spread across
the continent.

10. No moon walking
in Jersey town
In response to tourists' complaints,
Wildwood, N.J., plans to ban pants
that sag more than 3 inches below
the hips, exposing either skin or
underwear, on the boardwalk.

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WEDNESDAY JUNE 12, 2013

Congress eyes surveillance

Lawmakers have briefing on

By LARA JAKES
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER

WASHINGTON Dogged
by fear and confusion about
sweeping spy programs,
intelligence officials sought
to convince House lawmak-
ers in an unusual briefing
Tuesday that the government's
years-long collection of phone
records and Internet usage
is necessary for protecting
Americans and does not
trample on their privacy rights.

But the country's main civil
liberties organization wasn't
buying it, filing the most
significant lawsuit against
the sweeping phone record
collection program so far. The
American Civil Liberties Union
and its New York chapter
sued the federal government
Tuesday in New York, asking
a court to demand that the
Obama administration end the
program and purge the records
it has collected.
The ACLU is claiming

NSA phone, Internet spying

standing as a customer of
Verizon, which was identi-
fied last week as the phone
company the government
had ordered to turn over daily
records of calls made by all its
customers.
The parade of FBI and
intelligence officials who
briefed the entire House on
Tuesday was the latest at-
tempt to soothe outrage over
National Security Agency
programs which collect
billions of Americans' phone

and Internet records. Since
they were revealed last week,
the programs have spurred
distrust in the Obama admin-
istration from across the globe.
Several key lawmakers,
including House Speaker John
Boehner, R-Ohio, refocused
the furor Tuesday on the
elusive 29-year-old former
intelligence contractor who
is claiming responsibility for
revealing the surveillance
CONGRESS 14

By DAVID ESPO
AP SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
WASHINGTON In
Spanish and English, the
Senate pushed contentious
immigration legislation over
early procedural hurdles with
deceptive ease on Tuesday
as President Barack Obama
insisted the "moment is now"
to give 11 million immigrants
in the United States illegally a
chance at citizenship.
Despite the lopsided votes,
Republicans served notice
they will seek to toughen
the bill's border security

provisions and impose tough-
er terms on those seeking to
gain legal status. "This bill
has serious flaws," said their
party leader,
Sen. Mitch
McConnell of
Kentucky, one
of several who
4. noted pointedly
that the 60-vote
majority they
will demand
RUBIO for passage is
hardly assured.
Even before the first
proposed changes were
considered, Florida Sen.

Marco Rubio, a potential
2016 Republican presidential
contender, outlined the
complicated state of play for
a measure that he helped
draft as a member of the
bipartisan "Gang of Eight"
and now seeks to alter. With
changes to tighten control
of the U.S.-Mexican border,
he said, about half of the
Senate's 46 Republicans are
prepared to vote to create the
pathway to citizenship that is
backed by most or all of the
55 lawmakers aligned with
the Democratic majority.
At the White House, Obama

Wildlife agency: Chimps

should be 'endangered'

DARRYL FEARS
WASHINGTON POST WRITER
WASHINGTON -They can be
bought and sold online for personal
use like a pair of new sneakers. They
can be leased to medical labs, where
they are poked, prodded and in-
jected for a range of medical research
projects.
But such practices may soon be
on their way out. The U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service announced a proposal
Tuesday to protect the great ape under
the Endangered Species Act both in
captivity and the wild.
Chimpanzees in the wild were listed
as endangered 13 years ago, but those
in captivity were listed as threatened,
largely to allow the trade and use in
medical experiments to continue. It
is the agency's only "split listing" for
any endangered or threatened species,
said Dan Ashe, the agency's director.
Ashe said the split listing that al- AP PHOTO
lowed the commercial trade and use of Chimpanzee mother Regina carries her female
baby, Zuri, May 30 at the Chimpanzees of Mahale
CHIMPS 1 4 Mountains exhibit at the Los Angeles Zoo.

said repeatedly the cur-
rent immigration system is
broken, for the foreign-born
who live in the United State
legally and illegally alike.
Referring to the 11 million
currently in the country
unlawfully, he said, "Yes,
they broke the rules; they
didn't wait their turn. They
shouldn't be let off easy.
They shouldn't be allowed to
game the system. But at the
same time, the vast majority
of these individuals aren't
looking for any trouble.
DEBATE 14

Does al-Qaida

in Mali have

SA-7 missile?

By RUKMINI CALLIMACHI
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
TIMBUKTU, Mali The photocopies
of the manual lay in heaps on the floor, in
stacks that scaled one wall, like Xeroxed,
stapled handouts for a class.
Except that the students in this case
were al-Qaida fighters in Mali. And
the manual was a detailed guide, with
diagrams and photographs, on how to
use a weapon that particularly concerns
the United States: A surface-to-air missile
capable of taking down a commercial
airplane.
The 26-page document in Arabic,
recovered by The Associated Press in
a building that had been occupied by
al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb in
Timbuktu, strongly suggests the group
now possesses the SA-7 surface-to-air
missile, known to the Pentagon as the
Grail, according to terrorism specialists.
And it confirms that the al-Qaida cell is
MISSILE 14

AP PHOTO

Police, protesters clash in Turkey

A protester tries to remain standing as a police water cannon fires water during clashes in Taksim Square in Istanbul, Tuesday. Hundreds of
police in riot gear forced through barricades in Istanbul's central Taksim Square early Tuesday, pushing many of the protesters who had occu-
pied the square for more than a week into a nearby park. For thestory, see page 3.

Immigration debate clears Senate hurdle

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WASHINGTON (MCT)
- Overdraft protection
often is a better deal for
banks than for consum-
ers, a new study by a
federal watchdog agency
reveals.
The report, to be
released Tuesday by the
Consumer Financial
Protection Bureau, found
that consumers who sign
up for banks' optional
overdraft coverage on
debit card transactions
and ATM withdrawals
pay higher fees and are
more likely to end up
with involuntary account
closures than those who
decline.
Banks profit from
consumers' misfortune.
Fees for overdraft and
nonsufficient funds
accounted for more than
60 percent of banks' total
revenue from consum-
ers' checking accounts
in 2011, according to the
report.
"Many financial
institutions market their
overdraft services as a
protective measure that
offers consumers greater
peace of mind and se-
curity," Richard Cordray,
the bureau's director, said
Monday in a call with
reporters. "They correctly
note that consumers
often benefit when
overdraft transactions
are paid, which helps

GENEVA (Bloomberg)
- Drug-resistant gonor-
rhea receded in Britain
as doctors switched to
a new combination of
antibiotics to clear the
sexually transmitted bac-
terium, a study found.
Analysis of more than
6,000 samples from
clinics in England and
Wales over five years
showed that resistance
to cefixime, a generic
drug and the first-line
treatment for gonor-
rhea since 2004, fell to
10.8 percent in 2011
from 17.1 percent in
2010, reversing a four-
year surge, researchers
from Public Health
England wrote in The
Lancet journal today.
The findings suggest

AP FILE PHOTO

In this, file photo, customers use ATMs at a Bank of America branch office on
Oct. 16, 2009 in Boston.

avoid returned checks
or declined transac-
tions. But our study also
raises questions. What
is marketed as overdraft
protection can in some
instances put consumers
at greater risk of harm."
Cordray said the bureau
plans to research over-
draft programs further
before taking any policy
action.
Overdrafts occur
when customers try to
withdraw or spend more
money than they have in
their accounts. Banks can
block the transaction and
charge an "insufficient
funds fee," or allow the
money to go through and
charge an overdraft fee.

In mid-2010, a new
rule by the Federal
Reserve stopped banks
from charging overdraft
fees for ATM withdraw-
als and most debit card
transactions unless the
consumer agreed first.
Monday's report scru-
tinized data from some
of the country's largest
banks, which provided
the consumer bureau
with information about
their overdraft programs
and accounts during 2010
and 2011.
Account holders who
chose to opt in to over-
draft coverage paid an
average of $196 in fees in
2011, the report found. In
contrast, the average fees

for consumers who didn't
opt in were $28.
Bureau officials noted
that consumers who
overdraft frequently are
more likely to consent
to overdraft coverage,
but even among heavy
overdrafters those who
had 10 or more overdrafts
during the first half of
2010 -less than half
opted in. Account holders
who did opt in were more
than 2.5 times more likely
to have banks close their
accounts because of
unpaid negative balances,
according to the report.
Such involuntary closures
can make it harder for
a consumer to open
another account.

Feds: Morning-after pill appeal on hold

NEWYORK (AP) -The
Obama administration's
appeal in the legal fight
over morning-after pills
has been officially put on
hold until a judge weighs
a new plan to allow girls
of all ages to buy the
contraceptives without a
prescription, according to
a government letter filed
Tuesday.
Lawyers with the
Department of Justice and
those for the plaintiffs who
sued over the issue told
the clerk for the federal ap-
peals court in Manhattan
that they wanted to
suspend the appeals case
until they hear again from
U.S. District Court Judge
Edward Korman, U.S.
Attorney Loretta Lynch
said in the letter.
The government had
appealed the judge's
underlying April 5 ruling,
which ordered emergency
contraceptives based on
the hormone levonorg-
estrel be made available
without a prescription,
over the counter and
without point-of-sale or
age restrictions.
But on Monday, the
Department of Justice
notified him that it was
reversing course and
seeking prompt Food

and Drug Administration
approval of all-age sales
- an announcement that
pleased girls' and women's
rights advocates who
said it was long overdue
and disappointed social
conservatives who claim
it threatens the rights of
parents and their children.
"It is the government's
understanding that the
course of action ... fully
complies with the district
court's judgment in this
action," Lynch wrote.
She added that if the
judge agrees, "we intend to
file with this court notice

morning-after pill was
"politically motivated,
scientifically unjustified
and contrary to agency
precedent." He also said
there was no basis to deny

the request to make the
drugs widely available.
The government had
argued that "substantial
market confusion" could
result if the judge's ruling
were enforced while ap-
peals were pending, only
to be later overturned.
Last week, an appeals
court dealt the govern-
AP PHOTO ment a setback by saying
euticals it would immediately
agency permit unrestricted sales
of the two-pill version of

that the government is
voluntarily withdrawing
the above-referenced
appeal."
It was unclear when the
judge would address the
issue. A woman answering
the phone in his chambers
on Tuesday declined to
comment.
The government had
originally asked the
judge to suspend the
effect of that ruling until
the appeals court could
decide the case. But the
judge declined, saying the
government's decision
to restrict sales of the

the emergency contracep-
tion until the appeal was
decided.
The morning-after pill
contains a higher dose
of the female hormone
progestin than is in regular
birth control pills. Taking
it within 72 hours of rape,
condom failure or just for-
getting regular contracep-
tion can cut the chances
of pregnancy by up to
89 percent, but it works
best within the first 24
hours. If a girl or woman
already is pregnant, the
pill, which prevents ovula-
tion or fertilization of an
egg, has no effect.

that a 2010 change in
British treatment guide-
lines for gonorrhea may
be working, the research-
ers wrote. The guidelines
recommended doctors
switch from cefixime,
an oral treatment, to an
injected antibiotic called
ceftriaxone, in combina-
tion with another generic
drug called azithromycin.
Increasing resistance
to cefixime is "a major
public health chal-
lenge," the World Health
Organization said a year
ago.
"Despite this apparent
success in stopping the
drift to resistance, this
proactive approach to
optimum stewardship of
first-line treatment must
be maintained," wrote

the researchers led by
Cathy Ison, the director
of the laboratory that
monitors the disease.
About 106 million
people globally are
infected with gonorrhea
each year, according
to the Geneva-based
WHO. Cases jumped by
21 percent in Britain last
year, and by 37 percent
among gay and bisexual
men, according to Public
Health England.
The disease is caused
by bacteria transmitted
by sexual contact and
can result in a burning
sensation when urinat-
ing in both men and
women. Left untreated it
can cause complications
including infertility and a
life-threatening infection

of the blood and joints.
The bug has developed
resistance to all drugs
previously used as
first-line treatment, and
no obvious therapies are
available should cefixime
and ceftriaxone become
useless, the researchers
wrote.
Cempra Inc., a Chapel
Hill, N.C.-based drug-
maker, is testing an
experimental antibiotic
called solithromycin in
the second of three
stages of trials normally
needed for regulatory
approval.
The study was funded
by England's Department
of Health and Public
Health England, the
nation's disease-tracking
agency.

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Banks profit from overdraft

coverage plans, feds say

MIAMI (AP) -The
U.S. Drug Enforcement
Administration has
reached an $80 million
civil settlement with the
Walgreens pharmacy
chain over violations
of rules governing the
distribution of powerful
prescription painkillers.
DEA officials said
Tuesday that Walgreens
committed numerous
record-keeping and dis-
pensing violations of the
Controlled Substances
Act. That allowed drugs
such as oxycodone to be
improperly sold to abus-
ers and for illegal sales on
the black market.
Walgreens is the
nation's largest pharmacy
chain with more than
8,000 stores. A spokesman
at the Deerfield, 11.-based
company said a state-
ment would be issued
later.

What's behind
Door No. 1? An
Emmy for Monty
LOS ANGELES (LA
Times) After doing
more than 4,000 episodes
over the last half-century
of his iconic daytime
game show "Let's Make
a Deal," Monty Hall is
finally getting an Emmy
Award.
"TV's Big Dealer" is
receiving the Lifetime
Achievement Award
at the 40th Daytime
Entertainment Emmy
Awards airing Sunday on
Turner Broadcasting's
HLN.
His wife of 65 years,
Marilyn Hall, beat him
to the podium nearly 30
years ago, winning an
Emmy as a producer of
the 1985 CBS TV movie
"Do You Remember
Love?"
"I'm going to place the
Emmy on a shelf next
to my wife's Emmy and
maybe one day we'll have
little Emmys," Monty Hall
said with a smile during
a recent interview at his
comfortable Beverly Hills
home.

Sony unveils
PlayStation 4
(Bloomberg) -
Sony unveiled the
PlayStation 4, its first
new console in seven
years, taking the battle to
Microsoft with a lower-
priced machine, original
content and fresh titles
as it targets a return to
video-game dominance.
The PS4 will cost $399
in the United States,
20 percent less than
Microsoft's Xbox One,
Sony executives said
Monday at the Electronic

were William Kale, 63, a
former vice president of
WellCare unit Harmony
Behavioral Health, and
Peter Clay, 56, a former
WellCare vice president of
medical economics.

Companies' hiring
plans steady,
survey finds
WASHINGTON
(MarketWatch) More
employers are expect-
ing to hire in the third
quarter, with gains in
all industries and across
the country, according
to Manpower's employ-
ment-outlook survey
released Tuesday.
A seasonally adjusted
net 12 percent of employ-
ers said they plan to
add to their workforce
in the third quarter, up
1 percentage point from
both the second quarter
and the third quarter of
2012.
"At a very slow pace, the
labor market is improving
and the intention to hire
is improving as well," said
Jonas Prising, president
of ManpowerGroup, a
Milwaukee-based staffing
services firm.
Manpower's report
paints a picture of a na-
tional labor market that is
consistently adding jobs
at a moderate pace.

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Entertainment Expo
in Los Angeles. The
machine, with sharp
edges and blue highlights,
allows unlimited used-
game sales and doesn't
require an Internet
connection, a contrast to
two unpopular Microsoft
features.
The console is crucial
to Chief Executive Officer
Kazuo Hirai's plan to
turn around Tokyo-
based Sony's electronics
business.

Officials: Woman
approaches kids
with chain saw
WINFIELD, Mo. (AP)
- A Missouri woman is
accused of trying to scare
children by approaching
them with a chain saw
while wearing a ski mask.
The Lincoln County
Sheriff's Department says
Lynn Marie Herzog of
Winfield, Mo., is charged
with felony harassment in
the Sunday
incident.
Patricia
Manker
called the
police
after she
saw Herzog
HERZOG yelling at
her son and
his friend and walking
toward them with the
mask and chain saw.
According to a probable
cause statement, Manker
and another neighbor say
the 50-year-old woman
has also been seen photo-
graphing and videotaping
neighborhood kids.
Herzog is jailed on
$10,000 bond. She doesn't
have an attorney.
Sheriff's department
spokesman Andy Binder
said the chain saw was
not running during the
alleged incident.

Oprah Winfrey
donates $12M
to Smithsonian

WASHINGTON
(Washington Post) -
Philanthropist and media
mogul Oprah Winfrey
is donating $12 million
to the Smithsonian's
National Museum of
African American History
and Culture, officials
announced Tuesday.
Combined with the
$1 million she gave in
2007, it is the museum's
largest donation, and
Winfrey's name will go on
a 350-seat theater in rec-
ognition. The chairwoman
and chief executive of the
OprahWinfrey Network
has been a member of
the museum's advisory
council since 2004.

Ex-WellCare CEO
found guilty in
Medicaid scheme
(Bloomberg) -WellCare
Health Plans' former chief
executive officer and chief
financial officer were
found guilty of fraud in
a federal crackdown on
cheating in government-
funded health programs.
Todd Farha, 45,
the former CEO, and
Paul Behrens, 51, the
former CFO, were con-
victed Monday by a jury in
Tampa, Fla., of two counts
of health care fraud, the
Justice Department said
in a statement. Behrens
was also found guilty of
two counts of making false
statements.
The executives were
charged in March 2011
with devising a scheme
to defraud the Florida
Medicaid program and
making false, fraudulent
statements on expenses
for behavioral health care
services. Also convicted

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Mandela daughters Oil trade shrinks
visit ill father most since
in hospital recession

JOHANNESBURG
(AP) Doctors are doing
all they can to improve
Nelson Mandela's health
as the 94-year-old icon
spent a fourth day in
the hospital for a recur-
ring lung infection,
South Africa's president
said Tuesday, as two of
Mandela's daughters
visited their father.
In a possible sign of the
seriousness of Mandela's
condition, daughter
Zenani Mandela South
Africa's ambassador to
Argentina arrived at
the hospital to see her fa-
ther. Former wife Winnie
Madikizela-Mandela also
visited.
Mandela's doctors
briefed President Jacob
Zuma on the former
president's health late
Monday, the president
said in a statement.
In an interview, Zuma
called Mandela's situation
"very serious" but said he
has stabilized.

Bomb kills 17 at
Afghanistan's
Supreme Court
KABUL, Afghanistan
(Washington Post) A
car bomb Tuesday killed
at least 17 civilians, most
of them employees of
Afghanistan's Supreme
Court, in one of the dead-
liest attacks in the capital
in the past year.
The explosives were
detonated at the entrance
of the Supreme Court just
as employees were board-
ing buses to go home,
said Gen. Mohammed
Zahir, chief of the Kabul
police investigative divi-
sion. Afghan officials said
that in addition to the
fatalities, 39 people were
injured. All the casualties
were civilians.
In a statement, the
Taliban said the bombing
was aimed at punishing
judges who have imposed
harsh sentences on in-
surgents. It called Afghan
judicial officials "cruel."
The attack came a day
after seven suicide bomb-
ers attacked the Kabul
airport and a separate
attack claimed several
lives in the southeastern
province of Zabol.

LONDON (Bloomberg)
-World trade in crude
oil shrank the most last
quarter since the global
recession, leading to
lower earnings for tankers
and stunting the indus-
try's recovery, according
to RS Platou Markets AS.
Global imports
slumped 4 percent com-
pared with a year earlier
as shipments declined to
the U.S. and China, the
biggest buyers, the Oslo,
Norway-based invest-
ment bank said in an
emailed report Tuesday.
Rates for the largest tank-
ers, known as VLCCs, will
average $15,000 a day this
year, down from a previ-
ous estimate of $20,000,
according to the report.
Surging production
in the U.S. cut imports
by 20 percent, and the
cargoes aren't going to
other countries as high
prices curb demand,
Platou said in the report.

Greek state
broadcaster
closed due to cuts
ATHENS, Greece (MCT)
The Greek government
on Tuesday ordered the
closure of the country's
state television and radio
broadcaster ERT due to
austerity cuts, bringing
an end to the 75-year-old
operation.
"The government has
decided to close down
ERT as of tonight," said
government spokesman
Simos Kedikoglou during
the shock announcement,
describing the broadcast-
er as a haven of wasteful
spending, corruption and
mismanagement.
"It costs three to seven
times as much as other
TV stations and four to
six times the personnel
for a very small viewer-
ship, about half that of an
average private station,"
he said.
Transmissions at the
Greek equivalent of
Britain's BBC were to
end in the early hours of
Wednesday and its 2,500
employees compensated.
The channel was then
expected to reopen "as
soon as possible" with a
smaller workforce.

ISTANBUL (AP) -
Protesters and Turkey's
prime minister both
refused to back down
Tuesday in what could
become the final battle for
Istanbul's Taksim Square,
the symbol of nationwide
grievances against his
government.
Tens of thousands of
protesters returned to the
square in the evening, in a
show of defiance met with
tear gas, rubber bullets and
water cannons, hours after
riot police had forced their
way past improvised bar-
ricades to clear the square
of protesters occupying the
area for the past 12 days.
Hundreds more vowed
to continue their sit-in at
Taksim's adjacent Gezi
Park, despite an order
from Prime Minister Recep
Tayyip Erdogan for them to
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GUANTANAMO BAY
NAVY BASE, Cuba (Miami
Herald) When the war
court reconvenes this
week, pretrial hearings
in the case of an alleged
al-Qaida bomber will be
tackling a government
motion that's so secret the
public can't know its name.
It's listed as the 92nd
court filing in the death-
penalty case against a
Saudi man, Abd al-Rahim
al-Nashiri, who was water-
boarded by CIA agents.
And in place of its name,
the Pentagon has stamped
"classified" in red.
It's not the first classified
motion in the case against
the 48-year-old former
millionaire from Mecca
accused of orchestrat-
ing al-Qaida's October
2000 suicide bombing
of the USS Cole warship
offYemen. Seventeen
sailors were killed in the
attack, and the prosecu-
tor proposes to execute

al-Nashiri, ifhe's convicted.
Also on the docket for
discussion this week is a
classified defense motion
that asks the Army judge
to order the government to
reveal information "related
to the arrest, detention
and interrogation" of
al-Nashiri. By the time
he got to Guantanamo
in 2006, according to
declassified investigations,
CIA agents had held him at
secret overseas prisons for
four years during which,
according to declassified
accounts, he was water-
boarded and interrogated
at the point of a revving
power drill and racked
pistol.
But what makes the
no-name government
motion so intriguing is that
those who've read it can't
say what it's about, and
those who haven't don't
have a clue. Not even the
accused, who, unless the
judge rules for the defense,

is not allowed to
unclassified expl
of it and cannot
the court session
argued in secret.

charges he rejects.
So far four people have
died, including a police-
man, and about 5,000
have been treated for
injuries or the effects of
tear gas, according to the
Turkish Human Rights
Foundation.
Tuesday's clashes, which
saw police and protesters
take and lose control of the
square several times, came
a day after Taksim saw its
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Is your designated driver drunk? 35 percent are

LOS ANGELES (LA
Times) Should desig-
nated drivers abstain from
booze? If you said, yes,
you might be shocked to
know that 35 percent of
so-called DDs drank on
duty, while a portion of
them were legally drunk
when they hit the road,
according to a new study.
That finding, published
in the Journal of Studies
on Alcohol and Drugs,
comes amid new calls for
warning labels on alcohol.
In an editorial in
the Canadian Medical
Association Journal, Dr.
Ken Flegel, a professor
of medicine at McGill
University, said young
women needed to be
warned of the gender spe-
cific risks of alcohol use,

CONGRESS

FROM PAGE 1

programs to two news-
papers. Boehner joined
others in calling Edward
Snowden a "traitor."
But attempts to defend
the NSA systems by
a leading Republican
senator who supports
them highlighted how
confusingly intricate the
programs are even to
the lawmakers who follow
the issue closely.
Explaining the
programs to reporters,
Sen. Lindsey Graham,
R-S.C., a member of
the Senate Armed
Services and Judiciary

DEBATE

FROM PAGE 1

They're just looking to
provide for their fami-
lies, contribute to their
communities."
At its core, the bill sets
out a 13-year journey
to citizenship for the
millions of immigrants
who arrived in the
United States illegally
through the end of 2011
or who overstayed their

CHIMPS

FROM PAGE 1

chimpanzees in areas such
as entertainment confused
the general public into
thinking that the animals
are not threatened, when
in reality they are strug-
gling to survive. Human
encroachment on their
habitat and the hunting of
apes for a delicacy called
bushmeat has threatened
them with extinction.
"The most important
thing about this is it brings
attention to the plight
of chimpanzees in the
wild," Ashe said. "It's an
opportunity to talk to the
public about the nature of
the threat to chimps. They
believe human use of these
animals is not contributing
to their endangerment."
Fish andWildlife's
proposal is a response
to a request for an

MISSILE
FROM PAGE 1

actively training its fight-
ers to use these weapons,
also called man-portable
air-defense systems,
or MANPADS, which
likely came from the
arms depots of ex-Libyan
strongman Col. Moammar
Gadhafi.
"The existence of what
apparently constitutes
a 'Dummies Guide to

MANPADS' is strong
circumstantial evidence
of al-Qaida in the Islamic
Maghreb having the
missiles," said Atlantic
Council analyst Peter

much the way consumers
are warned of tobacco's
damaging health effects.
In order to determine
the drinking habits
of designated driv-
ers, researchers at the
University of Florida
surveyed more than
1,000 bar patrons in
Gainesville, Fla., over a
period of Friday nights,
and had them blow into
hand-held breathalyzers.
Of the 165 revelers who
identified themselves
as designated drivers,
17 percent had blood al-
cohol levels between .02
and .049, while another
18 percent blew a .05 or
above. Of that second
group, the mean average
of blood alcohol content
was .09 just above the

committees, initially
described how the NSA
uses pattern analysis of
millions of phone calls
from the United States,
even if those numbers
have no known con-
nection to terrorism.
Director of National
Intelligence James
Clapper has vigorously
maintained that there
are strict limits on the
programs to prevent in-
truding on Americans'
privacy, and senior
officials quickly denied
Graham's description.
Graham later said
he misspoke and that
Clapper was right: The
phone records are only ac-
cessed if there is a known
connection to terrorism.

visas. That journey would
include paying fines and
back taxes and other
measures. The bill also
requires a tighter border
to prevent future illegal
immigration.
Other key provisions
would create a new
program for low-skilled
workers to enter the
country and expand
the number of visas for
high-skilled who are
particularly in demand
in technology firms.
The bill also jettisons a

endangerment listing
submitted by groups such
as the Humane Society
of the United States, the
Association of Zoos and
Aquariums and the Jane
Goodall Institute to im-
prove the understanding
and treatment of apes.
The proposal dovetails
with recent determinations
by two federal research
institutions that the use of
chimpanzees for research
related to neuroscience, in-
fectious diseases and other
ailments is unnecessary.
The United States is the
only nation in the devel-
oped world that continues
to use apes for research.
European nations banned
the practice years ago.
An endangered propos-
al, which must be submit-
ted for months of public
comment before being
finalized at the end of the
year, would criminalize the
trafficking of chimpanzees
across state borders for

Pham, a former adviser to
the United States' military
command in Africa and
an instructor to U.S.
Special Forces. "Why
else bother to write the
guide if you don't have the
weapons? ... IfAQIM not
only has the MANPADS,
but also fighters who
know how to use them ef-
fectively," he added, "then
the impact is significant,
not only on the current
conflict, but on security

throughout North and
West Africa, and possibly
beyond."
This is not the
first al-Qaida-linked
group thought to have
MANPADS they were
circulating in Afghanistan

legal limit.
"We were kind of sur-
prised," said Adam Barry,
lead author and associate
professor of health edu-
cation and behavior at
the University of Florida.
"We went in hopeful
that people knew they
shouldn't be drinking
if they were designated
drivers."
There is little consen-
sus among researchers
or the general public
on whether designated
drivers should abstain
from consuming alcohol
entirely, or simply remain
below the .08 percent
legal limit of intoxication.
While some research
suggests that most peo-
ple begin to see a decline
in driving ability with a

But one of the Senate's
staunchest critics of the
surveillance programs
put Clapper in the
crosshairs, accusing him
of not being truthful in
March when he asked
during a Senate hear-
ing whether the NSA
collects any data on
millions of Americans.
Clapper said it did not.
Officials generally do
not discuss classified
information in public
settings, reserving
discussion on top-secret
programs for closed
sessions with lawmakers
where they will not be
revealed to adversaries.
Sen. Ron Wyden,
D-Ore., said he had been
dissatisfied with the NSAs

decades-old system that
favors family ties over
education, job skills and
other factors in prioritiz-
ing prospective legal
immigrants.
Obama didn't say so,
but the legislation is
likely his best hope of
achieving a second-term
landmark domestic
accomplishment.
Numerous Republicans
hope to use the issue
to repair their party's
image among Hispanic
voters, a growing portion

blood alcohol content of
just .02 percent and
significant impairment
at .05 percent Barry
and colleagues argue that
designated drivers face
far more challenges than
regular drivers.
"Consider the distrac-
tions you have in a car
that doesn't have three or
four drunks in it," Barry
said. "There's music,
there's the cellphone.
Now, if you have intoxi-
cated people roughhous-
ing or being boisterous
while driving, you're
going to have a constella-
tion of factors competing
for the driver's attention."
The vast majority
of the survey sample,
73 percent, were white
males, while the median

answers to his questions
and had given Clapper a
day's advance notice prior
to the hearing to prepare
an answer. Not fully
believing Clapper's public
denial of the program,
Wyden said he asked
Clapper privately after-
ward whether he wanted
to stick with a firm'no' to
the question.
On Tuesday, Wyden
revealed his efforts to get
Clapper to tell him about
the program and called
for hearings to discuss
the programs. He was
also among a group of
senators who introduced
legislation to force the
government to declas-
sify opinions of a secret
court that authorizes the

of the electorate in key
states, and a group that
polls show gave Obama
71 percent of its votes
last year. But the GOP
is divided, with tea
party-backed lawmakers
and other conservatives
resisting anything that
smacks of amnesty or
otherwise seems to
permit legalization
without assuring the
long border with Mexico
in particular is virtually
closed to future unlawful
immigration.

purchase and sale, and
it would force research
laboratories to request
permits for tests that could
harm apes.
Ashe said he is not sure
how the proposal would
impact the use of chim-
panzees for circuses and

and Iraq, and a terror
cell in Somalia recently
claimed to have the SA-7
in a video. But the U.S.
desperately wanted to
keep the weapons out of
the hands of al-Qaida's
largest affiliate on the con-
tinent, based in Mali. In
the spring of 2011, before
the fighting in Tripoli
had even stopped, a U.S.
team flew to Libya to
secure Gadhafi's stockpile
of thousands of heat-
seeking, shoulder-fired
missiles.
By the time they got
there, many had already
been looted.
"The MANPADS were
specifically being sought
out," said Peter Bouckaert,

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age of respondents was
28 years. None were told
what their breath tests
results were, for fear that
they might continue
drinking if they perceived
the results as being low,
authors wrote.
The study results sug-
gest that many groups of
drinkers are not naming a
designated driver before
they start drinking, and
are simply appointing the
person who appears least
intoxicated at the end of
the night.
"Alcohol is insidious,"
Barry said. "By the time
you begin to feel the
effects, you're already
drunk. The only respon-
sible thing to do if you're
a designated driver is just
not drink."

surveillance.
"The American people
have the right to expect
straight answers from the
intelligence leadership
to the questions asked
by their representatives,"
Wyden said.
Clapper's spokesman
did not comment on
Wyden's statement. But
in an interview with NBC
News earlier this week,
Clapper said he "re-
sponded in what I thought
was the most truthful
or least most untruthful
manner, by saying, 'No,'"
because the program was
classified.
The Senate Intelligence
Committee will be briefed
on the programs again
Thursday.

"Of all of the issue
swirling around this bill
the path to citizenship
for those who are here
illegally is the single
most divisive issue," said
Sen. Ted Cruz, a Texas
Republican elected to his
first term last fall. "And
that is the issue on which
the ObamaWhite House
and Senate Democrats
insist, and by insisting
on that division I believe
they by design destine
this bill to be voted
down."

clothes makes people
think of them as not en-
dangered," said Kathleen
Conlee, vice president for
animal research issues at
the Humane Society.
As a condition of any
medical research permit,
the requester must show
it would benefit efforts to
conserve apes. "Infecting a
chimpanzee with hepatitis
that only humans would
get would not reach that
bar," Conlee said. "Does
this enhance the species?"
The National Institutes
of Health, which has
Zuri, employed apes as test
hibit at the subjects for decades,
has scaled back its use
of the animals in recent
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emergencies director for
Human Rights Watch,
who catalogued missing
weapons at dozens of
munitions depots and
often found nothing in
the boxes labeled with the
code for surface-to-air
missiles.
The manual is believed
to be an excerpt from a
terrorist encyclopedia
edited by Osama bin
Laden. It adds to evidence
for the weapon found
by French forces during
their land assault in Mali
earlier this year, including
the discovery of the SA-7's
battery pack and launch
tube, according to military
statements and an avia-
tion official who spoke on

condition of anonymity
because he wasn't autho-
rized to comment.
The knowledge that the
terrorists have the weapon
has already changed the
way the French are carrying
out their five-month-old
offensive in Mali. They
are using more fighter jets
rather than helicopters
to fly above its range of
1.4 miles from the ground,
even though that makes it
harder to attack the jihad-
ists. They are also making
cargo planes land and take
off more steeply to limit
how long they are exposed,
in line with similar prac-
tices in Iraq after an SA-14
hit the wing of a DHL cargo
plane in 2003.

ALMANAC

Today is Wednesday, June 12,
the 163rd day of 2013. There are
202 days left in the year.
Today in history
On June 12,1963, civil rights
leader Medgar Evers, 37, was
shot and killed outside his home
in Jackson, Miss. (In 1994, Byron
De La Beckwith was convicted of
murdering Evers and sentenced
to life in prison; he died in 2001.)
On this date
In 1898, Philippine national-
ists declared independence from
Spain.
In 1920, the Republican
national convention, meeting
in Chicago, nominated Warren
G. Harding for president on the
10th ballot; Calvin Coolidge was
nominated for vice president.
In 1939, the National Baseball
Hall of Fame and Museum was
dedicated in Cooperstown, N.Y.
In 1942, Anne Frank, a
German-born Jewish girl living
in Amsterdam, received a diary
for her 13th birthday, less than a
month before she and her family
went into hiding from the Nazis.
In 1956, the Flag of the
United States Army was officially
adopted under an executive
order signed by President Dwight
D. Eisenhower.
In 1963, one of Hollywood's
most notoriously expensive
productions, "Cleopatra" starring
Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton
and Rex Harrison, opened in
New York.
In 1967, the Supreme Court,
in Loving v. Virginia, struck down
state laws prohibiting interracial
marriages.
In 1982, a crowd estimated at
up to 1 million people gathered
in New York's Central Park to
demand a superpower freeze on
nuclear weapons.
In 1987, President Ronald
Reagan, during a visit to the
divided German city of Berlin,
publicly challenged Soviet leader
Mikhail S. Gorbachev to"tear
down this wall."
In 1994, Nicole Brown
Simpson and Ronald Goldman
were slashed to death outside
her Los Angeles home. (O.J.
Simpson was later acquitted of
the killings in a criminal trial, but
was eventually held liable in a
civil action.)
Today's birthdays
Banker/philanthropist David
Rockefeller is 98. Former
President George H.W. Bush
is 89. Singer Vic Damone is 85.
Actor-singer Jim Nabors is 83.
Jazz musician Chick Corea is 72.
Singer Roy Harper is 72. Rock
singer-musician John Wetton
(Asia, King Crimson) is 64. Actor
Timothy Busfield is 56. Actress
Paula Marshall is 49. Actress
Frances O'Connor is 46. Singer
Robyn is 34. Actor Dave Franco
is 28. Country singer Chris
Young is 28.

Anatomically
correct gargoyle
statue debated
PAULDEN, Ariz. (AP)
- A unique 9-foot gar-
goyle statue in north-
ern Arizona is drawing
fire, not for its size, but
for the gargoyle's large
genitalia.
Yavapai County offi-
cials for days have been
pressing Louis Smith to
remove the statue from
his five-acre prop-
erty following neighbor
complaints. Lynn
Chaplin, county land
use specialist, tells the
Prescott Daily Courier
that the statue is alter-
ing "the character of
the neighborhood."
If Smith didn't
remove the statue or
"screen it in," Chaplin
said, he'd be fined $100
plus a $1,000 sanction,
although he could also
apply for a use permit
for the statue.
But Smith said the
county is violating his
constitutional right to
freedom of expression.
His said the statue,
created by his son, is a
"statement of individu-
ality" and it's not going
anywhere.
A hearing on the
statue is scheduled in
July.

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Day 2 of Zimmerman jury selection

SANFORD (AP) -
During two days of ques-
tioning, prosecutors and
George Zimmerman's
attorneys have been
unable to find potential
jurors who hadn't heard
something about the
fatal shooting of 17-year-
old Trayvon Martin by
the neighborhood watch
volunteer.
By mid-day Tuesday,
the attorneys had ques-
tioned 10 potential jurors
in person, and more than
40 jury candidates had
been dismissed after fill-
ing out a questionnaire.
Zimmerman, who was
a neighborhood watch
volunteer, is pleading
not guilty to a second-
degree murder charge
that could carry a life
sentence if convicted.
He claims he shot
Martin in self-defense.
A 44-day delay in
Zimmerman's arrest led
to protests around the
United States.
Protesters questioned

whether the Sanford
Police Department was
seriously investigating
the case of Martin, a
black teen from the
Miami area. Zimmerman
identifies himself as
Hispanic.
Judge Debra Nelson
has said she will keep the
identities of the selected
jurors anonymous but
she rejected a defense
request to sequester the
initial jury pool of 500
residents.
After reciting details
about the case she had
heard in the news, Juror
"B-51," a white, female
retiree, told the attorneys
they're going to have a
hard time finding jurors
who haven't heard about
the case and can only
hope they find residents
who can keep an open
mind.
"I haven't lived under
a rock for the past year,"
she said. "It's pretty
hard for people not
to have gotten some

George Zimmerman listens to his attorneys in Seminole circuit court during jury selection for his
trial, in Sanford, Fla., Tuesday. Zimmerman has been charged with second-degree murder for the
2012 shooting death of Trayvon Martin.

information."
Juror "B-35," a middle-
aged black man who
owns vending machines,
described protests last
year over Martin's shoot-
ing as "saber-rattling."
He wondered why there
weren't protests over the
fatal shootings of other
African-American men
in Sanford, the Orlando
suburb where Martin was

killed in February 2012.
He also said he believed
Zimmerman deserved
his day in court.
"I think they politicized
it and made it a racial
issue, and I didn't like
that," said Juror "B-35." I
wasn't agreeing with the
racial connotation."
Juror "B-7," a middle-
aged white man, said
he didn't think Florida's

so-called stand-your-
ground law was neces-
sary in the state given
other self-defense laws
that were in place prior
to its passage. The law
allows a person to invoke
self-defense if they feel a
fatal shooting is neces-
sary to prevent death or
great bodily harm.
Zimmerman is claim-
ing self-defense, but his

attorney, Mark O'Mara,
decided not to exercise
his client's right to have a
judge decide whether the
case could be dismissed
under the law.
Juror "B-7" also said
he thought news media
coverage of the case had
been "speculative" and
devoid of hard facts.
Attorneys need to
find six jurors and four
alternates. In Florida,
12 jurors are required
only for criminal trials
involving capital cases,
when the death penalty
is being considered.
Defense attorneys
asked potential jurors
if being isolated dur-
ing the trial would be a
hardship, indicating they
plan to ask Nelson to
sequester the jury. Jury
candidates who move
on from the initial round
of questioning about
their knowledge of the
case, face other rounds
of interviews with the
attorneys.

I OTHER HEADLINE NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE

Man set to be
executed for
guard's murder
MIAMI (AP) -William
Van Poyck argues he
doesn't deserve to be ex-
ecuted for the murder of
prison guard Fred Griffis,
insisting he didn't fire the
fatal shots. Griffis' family
says even if that's true, it
doesn't matter they say
he planned the botched
1987 attempt to free an
inmate Griffis was escort-
ing to a dermatologist
and made sure he and his
partner were armed.
Van Poyck, 58, is
scheduled to die by lethal
injection Wednesday
at Florida State Prison
in Starke, the second
of three executions
scheduled within four
weeks. In his appeals, Van
Poyck has argued that
his partner, FrankValdes,
fired the fatal shots and
that if the jury had known
that, he wouldn't have
been sentenced to death.
The Florida Supreme
Court last week rejected
his latest appeal involving
Valdes' widow, who says

her husband told her he
was the shooter. The jus-
tices noted that Van Poyck
planned the escape at-
tempt and he and Valdes
carried loaded weapons.
Courts have rejected
similar arguments in the
past, including one from
a former inmate who also
said Valdes confessed to
killing Griffis.

Swimmers
defy red flags
on Panhandle
PANAMA CITY BEACH
(AP) Deputies and
other first responders are
asking beachgoers to stay
out of the water when red
warning flags are posted.
Double red flags were
posted Monday along
the Florida Panhandle's
beaches but that didn't
stop people from swim-
ming in the Gulf of
Mexico. Deputies re-
sponded to 42 water calls
and two distressed swim-
mer calls on Monday.
Bay County Sheriff's
Maj. Tommy Ford says
swimming when red flags
are flying is a violation of

a county ordinance and
can lead to arrest. He says
deputies won't hesitate to
make arrests.
The News Herald of
Panama City reports
Deputy Tim Justice was
hospitalized with water
in his lungs Monday after
rescuing a swimmer who
got into trouble in the
rough water. The man he
rescued remained in the
hospital late Monday.

Ballots stolen
on eve of Fla.
House election

PENSACOLA (AP)-
Authorities are investigating
the theft of ballots cast in a
special legislative election in
Florida's Panhandle.
Two safes containing
early-voting and absentee
ballots for the Florida House
District 2 special election
were stolen over the week-
end from the South Santa

Rosa Service Center.
The Santa Rosa elec-
tions supervisor told the
Pensacola News Journal
that a total of 35 ballots were
missing.
An employee discovered
that the safes were missing
Monday morning. Election
Day is Tuesday.
Voters are electing
someone to fill out the term
of the late Rep. Clay Ford,
who died in March after a
battle with cancer.
The election pits
Republican Mike Hill
against Democrat Jeremy
Lau in the GOP-leaning
district. If elected Hill would
become the lone black
Republican in the Florida
Legislature.

Officials help
prepare kids for
college, work
MIAMI (AP) -
Mayors, city council

members and local
leaders from around
the state are taking on
a new challenge aimed
at getting Florida youth
ready for college, work
and life by age 21.
Leaders from each
community will meet
in Tampa next week for
a two-day training to
develop more cohesive
community supports for
children and families.
Officials will be en-
couraged to set bigger
developmental goals,

use data to track those
goals and improve the
quality of programs that
work with young people.
The areas par-
ticipating are Orlando,
Sarasota, St. Petersburg
and Tampa, as well
as Palm Beach and
Broward Counties.
The regions were
selected by the national
non-profit Forum for
Youth Investment. The
group has carried out
similar challenges in
Tennessee and Virginia.

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BUSINESS NEWS/STOCKS

The Sun /Wednesday, June 12, 2013

US stocks end choppy day with loss

NEWYORK (AP) -
Renewed concerns that
central banks will ease
off their support for
the global economy hit
the U.S. stock market
Tuesday, wiping out its
gain for the month.
It looked bad from the
start. Indexes began slid-
ing from the opening bell,
trailing markets in Asia
and Europe, which were
rattled when the Bank
of Japan decided not to
take any new steps to
spur growth in the world's
third-largest economy.
The news out of Japan
added to questions sur-
rounding global central
banks, investors said.
U.S. markets have been
shaken by speculation
that the Federal Reserve
will start curtailing its own

bond-buying program in
the coming months.
"There's just a lot of
uncertainty," said Dan
Greenhaus, chief global
strategist at the broker-
age BTIG in New York.
"People are worried about
the Fed. They're worried
about a spike in interest
rates. And then Japan says
it's finished for now."
The Dow Jones
industrial average
dropped 116.57 points to
15,122.02. That's a decline
of 0.8 percent. It fell as
much as 152 points in
the first hour of trading,
climbed back by midday
and then sank in the
afternoon.
The Standard & Poor's
500 index fell 16.68 points
to close at 1,626.13, a
loss of 1 percent. All

10 industry groups in
the index dropped, led
by banks and energy
companies. The S&P is
now down 0.3 percent for
the month.
The S&P 500 index has
lost 2.6 percent since
setting a record high on
May 21. The next day,
minutes from a Fed
meeting suggested the
central bank could decide
to scale back its stimulus
as early as June if the
economy picks up.
Sprint Nextel gained
17 cents, or 2.4 percent,
to $7.35 after Japan's
Softbank raised its
offer for the company.
Softbank's total bid for
the country's third-largest
phone carrier is now val-
ued at $21.6 billion, still
short of the $25.5 billion

offered by Dish Network.
Overseas, the Bank of
Japan voted on Tuesday
to stick to its current
bond-buying program,
disappointing those who
had expected the bank to
widen its effort. Japan's
Nikkei stock index lost
1.5 percent.
Major stock markets
in Europe also slumped.
Germany's DAX dropped
1 percent and France's
CAC-40 lost 1.4 percent.
The world's biggest
central banks have
bought trillions of dollars
worth of bonds in recent
years, pressing long-term
interest rates down in
an attempt to encourage
borrowing and spending.
In the U.S., the Fed buys
$85 billion in bonds each
month.

Give Windows 8 a test-drive

Windows 8 is it
better or worse
than Windows
7, Vista, the perennial
favorite XP or even older
operating systems? One
thing for certain, it is
here for the next three
years. The biggest com-
plaint folks mention it
is different. That's not
necessarily a bad thing.
I test-drove a new
Nissan Leaf this week
and it is different than
the 47-year-old car I've
driven for 20 years. My
biggest complaint was I
couldn't find the high-
beam button on the
floor. In Windows 8, the
"Start" button is missing.
All we need is a little hint
to get us started.
Windows 8 features
the new Metro Desktop.
For those of us who have
smartphones or tablets,
we'll figure out the new
tiles right away. On a
touchscreen computer,
it works the same: Swipe

a finger left or right and
touch the tile that cor-
responds to the program,
now called app, that we
want to use. The trick
comes if we don't have a
touchscreen. To scroll the
tiles left and right we can
rotate the wheel on our
mouse or tap the "Home"
or "End" keys on the key-
board or use the mouse to
move the scroll bar at the
bottom of the screen.
The tiles themselves
come in a somewhat
random order, but can
be dragged around and
put in groups. Example:
We might want our
Mail, Messaging, Skype

and People tiles in one
group; and productivity,
such as a word proces-
sor, spreadsheets, and
others in another group.
There is a minus sign at
the bottom-right corner
of the screen, and if we
click on it, the desktop
zooms out so we can
see all the tiles at once
and then actually grab
groups and rearrange
them to put the more
frequently used groups to
the left for easier access.
Another disconcerting
change is the seeming
lack of the old "Start"
- "All Programs" we've
become familiar with
for the last 12 years.
Windows 8 offers a
similar feature we can
use. Press the Windows
key to bring up the
Windows 8 desktop tiles.
In an empty area on the
screen, right mouse click,
or on a touchscreen,
swipe a finger up from
the bottom of the screen

and click or touch the "All
Apps" icon. Remember,
Apps equals Programs,
now so "All Apps" is
the equivalent of "All
Programs," and allows
us to scroll through the
available apps. Touch or
click the one we want to
launch the program, I
mean, app.
At the end of the day,
shut down the computer
by pressing the Windows
key and the letter "I" to
bring up the power icon,
or move the mouse to
the bottom right of the
screen and click on the
"settings" button and
then the power icon.
Choose shutdown, sleep
or restart as required.
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owns his own computer
consulting and fix-it
service Bits, Bytes &
Chips Computer Services.
He makes house calls!
You can reach him at
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941-626-3285.

D ear Dave: I borrowed
$30,000 from my
aunt to buy a condo
eight years ago. We had a
deal that she would get her
money back, plus apiece
of the profits, when it sold.
If there were no profits, she
would get back her original
$30,000. Recently the condo
sold and I lost the money I
put into it, plus my aunt's
money as well. I make good
money and don't have
any other debt, but I'm a
little resentful now that she
wants me to pay her back
- Christine
Dear Christine: I don't
want to be mean, but you
have no right to be resentful
toward your aunt. This is
the deal you signed up for,
and she did nothing wrong.
Wanting her money back
now isn't greedy or mali-
cious on her part, and it's
definitely not worth putting
a family relationship at risk
I know what you're
thinking, because it's just
human nature. You just
went through a lot, and the
situation didn't work out
as planned. Plus, it doesn't
sound like your aunt is
hurting financially if she
put $30,000 toward helping
you in the deal. Part of you
is thinking she has plenty of
money, so why doesn't she
just forgive the debt and
forget about everything?
If you were barely scrap-
ing by, I might suggest that
you sit down and talk with
her over a cup of coffee,
explain the situation and
ask her to forgive the debt.
Right now, the little girl
part of you is whining, "Oh,
come on. Just let me go!"
But the grown-up Christine
knows better. That part of
you is whispering, "You
know what to do..."
Pay her back as quickly
as possible, and get this bad

deal behind you for good.
-Dave

Dear Dave: I'm working
on my debt snowball, and
I'm trying to settle with a
pushy collector. I don't have
the $9,0001 owe, but I have
$3,000 I'd like to offer as a
settlement. Recently the
collector has started asking
for a lot of information
I don't feel comfortable
providing. Daniel
Dear Daniel Lots of
times in these kinds of
situations collectors are
trying to gather up as much
information as possible
in order to sue you. Even
if that's not the case here,
there's no reason for you to
be supplying them with ex-
tra info. Just offer them the
$3,000, and make it clear
that your financial coach -
which is me told you not
to answer any more of their
nosy questions.
Make sure they under-
stand that your offer of
$3,000 stands as a settle-
ment of the debt today. If
they're willing to accept
the offer, get a statement
in writing saying that the
$3,000 represents payment
in full before you cut the
check If they choose not to
accept your offer, and they
keep asking questions that
are none of their business,
just tell them to call when
they're willing to discuss
terms. Then, hang up!
-Dave
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SOLUNAR TABLE
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Thu. 10:05a 3:54a 10:27p 4:16p
Fri. 10:54a 4:43a 11:16p 5:05p
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days so you will be fishing in good territory or
hunting in good cover during those times. Major
periods begin at the times shown and last for
1.5 to 2 hours. The minor periods are shorter.

STRASBOURG, France
(AP) A cloud is hang-
ing over the upcoming
free-trade talks between
the European Union and
the United States after
France said it won't back
any deal that threatens
the country's presti-
gious film, radio or TV
industries.
The stakes are high
because any deal could
have major implica-
tions for global trade
and could serve as a
model for future deals.
Together, the U.S. and
the EU make up nearly
half the world economy
and 30 percent of global
trade.
The audiovisual sectors
have traditionally been
excluded from global
free-trade agreements
under what is known as
the "cultural exception,"
which allows govern-
ments to subsidize and
protect them. In general,
free-trade agreements
are supposed to limit or
ban such support.
"France is asking for

French actress Berenice Bejo, right, and Greek-born
ized French filmmaker Costa Gavras address the me
European parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France
before their meeting with EU officials asking that
services be kept off the table during upcoming EU-
trade negotiations.

an exclusion from the
negotiation of what it
considers of course to

be cultural proc
which are also
of European ide

French Trade Minister
Nicole Bricq said in
an interview with The
Associated Press.
Bricq said the latest
draft of the negotiating
mandate, to be presented
to EU ministers Friday, still
has audiovisual services on
the table and that's not
acceptable to France.
European officials have
said the "cultural excep-
tion" would be preserved.
But many are concerned
that once audiovisual
services are on the table,
their protections could
be eroded in the back-
and-forth tussle of tough
negotiations.
William Kennard, the
American ambassador to
the EU, said that it's exactly
AP PHOTO because the negotiations
will be tough that the U.S.
ni natural- has pushed for everything
edia at the to be on the table.
e, Tuesday, "We know our negotia-
US free-l tors are going to have to
be creative and innova-
tive," he said, and so
ducts but they need the maximum
a mark flexibility to reach a
entity," comprehensive deal.

Scientists study tiny galaxy for clues to universe

(LA Times) -
Astronomers have
discovered a strangely tiny
galaxy in the MilkyWay's
neighborhood one with
less than 1,000 stars held
together by the smallest
dark-matter halo ever
observed.
The galaxy known as
Segue 2, described in the
Astrophysical Journal,
might hold the key to a
long-standing mystery
about the evolution of the
universe.
"These little clumps
are almost certainly the
first things to form in
the universe," said study
coauthor James Bullock,
an astronomer at the

University of California,
Irvine.
Segue 2, discovered
by an extension of the
Sloan Digital Sky Survey
in 2009, puts out about as
much light as 900 suns,
Bullock said. The Milky
Way galaxy, in contrast,
contains about 100 billion
stars. Segue 2 is so small
that it's dwarfed by many
star clusters, which are
collections of stars inside
a galaxy that can contain
100,000 solar masses.
Astronomers have
come to realize that size
isn't the key difference
between a star cluster
and a tiny galaxy. Unlike
a star cluster, all galaxies

great and small are filled
with and surrounded by a
halo of dark matter the
invisible, mysterious stuff
that fills the universe
and acts as a sort of glue
within and between
galaxies. Thin tendrils
of dark matter connect
nodes of galaxy clus-
ters, creating a cosmic
web that has given the
universe its structure.
Theorists are trying
to understand how this
structure evolved, figuring
that there must have been
a kind of early intermedi-
ate stage when tiny dark
matter clumps formed,
grew, pulled in stars and
other visible matter and

finally became the giant
masses we see today.
Some of those tiny
pockets of dark matter
should have survived as
"fossil remnants" that
never grew past that initial
stage, Bullock said.
But astronomers had
been unable to find them,
because they'd need to
find one marked by a tiny,
and thus exceedingly dim,
galaxy. They had started to
wonder if this crucial link
in the theories might be
wrong.
"It's almost like panning
for gold sifting through
the stars in the sky to find
these gems, these little
galaxies," Bullock said.

I WORLD

North and South
Korea put off
planned talks

SEOUL, South Korea
(Washington Post) -
North and South Korea
called off talks one day
before they were sup-
posed to begin, South
Korean officials said
Tuesday, after the two
sides failed to agree on
who should attend.
The planned dialogue
had sparked hopes for a
thaw in relations on the
Korean Peninsula, but the
1 th-hour cancellation
- a result of the North
Korea's withdrawal -
highlighted how Seoul and
Pyongyang can be kept
apart by differences not
just profound but small.
The two-day meeting
had been scheduled
to start Wednesday at
Seoul's Grand Hilton
hotel, in what would have
been the first government
talks between the two
Koreas in six years.

had been informed that
several students had
complained after the
teacher expressed her de-
votion to Pope Shenouda,
the late patriarch of
the Egyptian Orthodox
Church. Unconfirmed
Egyptian and interna-
tional media reports said
she was accused of saying
that the patriarch was
better than the prophet.

French Air traffic
control strike to
end a day early

TOULOUSE, France
(Bloomberg) French air
traffic controllers began a
two-day strike leading to
1,800 flight cancellations
at carriers spanning Air
France-KLM Group to
Easyjet as they protest
against European plans to
curtail national oversight.
Employees will re-
turn to their posts on
Thursday morning, a day
earlier than previously
planned, their union said.

LUXOR, Egypt (MCT)
- A court in the south-
ern Egyptian city of
Luxor on Tuesday found
a Christian primary
school teacher guilty of
blasphemy and ordered
her to pay a fine of
100,000 Egyptian pounds
($14,300).
The families of three
schoolchildren had
filed complaints against
Demiana Abd al-Nour,
accusing her of insulting
Islam and the Prophet
Mohammed during a
lesson.
The court did not speci-
fy how Abd al-Nour had
committed blasphemy.
Amnesty International,
a pressure group, said it

ISLAMABAD (MCT)
- Pakistan's military
operations against
Taliban insurgents in
the country's northwest
tribal areas have reached
a turning point with the
imminent retaking of a
militant stronghold near
the legendary Khyber
Pass. After months of
operations, which saw
Pakistani special forces
parachute into the area in
March, the military suc-
ceeded over the weekend
in taking mountain ridges
that overlook the junction
of the Khyber and Kurram
tribal agencies, prompt-
ing insurgents of the
self-described Tehrik-e-
Taliban Pakistan to flee.

By MARC TOPKIN
TAMPA BAY TIMES
ST. PETERSBURG-
The Rays were still a little
sore Tuesday about Matt
Joyce getting plunked
on purpose by a John
Lackey pitch in Monday's
marathon loss.
So they hit back and
back, and back, and back
- clubbing four home
runs to beat the Red Sox
8-3 on Tuesday.
Desmond Jennings,
moved back to the leadoff
spot, hit a pair. And Evan
Longoria, who failed in a
key 10th-inning situation
Monday, had his second
in two nights.
But the biggest, and

* TARPON FISHING:
Boca Grande Pass

PTTS
WHO: Teams of four anglers
WHAT: Professional Tarpon
Tournament Series, Tarpon Cup
Championship
WHEN: Sunday, 7 a.m.-noon
NOTE: Two make-up rounds of
the tournament are scheduled
for Saturday from 7-10 a.m. and
10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
WHERE: Boca Grande Pass
TV: Delayed taping of the event
will be broadcast on Sun Sports
at a date to be announced

Jig ban

looms;

tourney

goes on

By JOSH OLIVE
WATERLINE PUBLISHER
The fight over a specific
fishing style used to catch
Boca Grande Pass tarpon
will reach a critical point
today in Lakeland, as
state fisheries officials
decide whether to ap-
prove a draft rule that
would outlaw the use
of the bottom-weighted
Pass jigs. The device has
been both glorified and
demonized during its
30-plus year history.
The Florida Fish and
Wildlife Conservation
Commission vote is
preliminary a final
vote is not expected until
September. But today's
hearing probably will be
a strong indicator of what
the future holds.
The Pass jig consists of
a circle hook with a 4- to
8-ounce weight attached
to the bend of the hook
by means of a sliding ring
or zip tie. Anglers affix
various shapes and colors
of soft plastic tails to the
back of the weight. The
rig is dropped down to a
school of tarpon, usually
in 40 to 70 feet of water,
and fished vertically.
It's a favorite method of
many recreational fisher-
men and charter captains
because of its ease of use
and because it often pro-
duces more hookups than
traditional methods using
live bait. It's also used by
JIG 16

By LAURA MYERS
SPORTS WRITER
PORT CHARLOTTE -
Jacob Partridge hadn't
had a commanding
outing for the Charlotte
Stone Crabs in a while.
But the team needed one
from him on Tuesday, and
he delivered.
Eliazer Suero made the
spot start against Tampa,
with Parker Markel and
Felipe Rivero both having
started a doubleheader
four days before.
Suero allowed six runs
in the first inning and
used 39 pitches to do it.
He wouldn't be out for
another inning.
In his previous three

* COMMENTARY: Tim Tebow

Unper

his thumb

Time's up for Tebowmania with Belichick around

By GEORGE DIA
ORLANDO SENTI

Tebowmania is de
Let's re-check t
on life-support, t
last few breaths, while
ing the air out of those
ESPN updates.
Tim Tebow is now a
of the New England Pa
organization in which
freak coach Bill Belich
like no other coach in

AZ You'll notice that players w
NEL wearing numbers on their
ORLANDO during minicamp this wee
Belichick's news confere
lad.
that. It is Tuesday addressing the sig
akig its of Tebow was classic. He u
aking its bunch of words but said no
also suck-
incessant No insight involving Tebov
on the team, whether it's to
member backup QB or another pos
triots, an Nothing.
control- At one point, when he gi
ick rules tired of the media peasant
profes- ing him questions about Te

sional sports.
There is one voice, and it is his.
There are no echoes of discon-
tent, nobody going off-scripl.
nobody who dares try to ris, .
up beyond the team concept

ron't be he replied: "I've already talked
jerseys enough about him. I think I've
k. covered that. Anything else?"
nce Bazinga. Belichick is too crafty
,ning and controlling to allow the
sed a Tebowmania circus to pitch its
nothing. tent in New England, just like it
v's role did in Denver and New York.
o play The clowns who believe that
ition. Tebow because he is a Winner!
can beat Tom Brady for the
ew starting job will be silenced. So
s ask- will people like me, the meddling
ebow, media, with their annoying ques-
tions and speculation.
Tebow fit right in, making a
I quick statement after practice
but refusing to take questions
.,\ lin .im ab 50 media types.

Miami
By BRIAN MAHONEY
ASSOCIATED PRESS
SAN ANTONIO From
big 3s to Big Three, the
Spurs had it all in the NBA
Finals' raucous return to
San Antonio.
Danny Green made
seven of the Spurs' finals-
record 16 3-pointers, Tim
Duncan had 12 points
and 14 rebounds, and
the Spurs clobbered the
Miami Heat 113-77 on
Tuesday night to take 2-1
lead in the series.
Green scored 27 points
and Gary Neal made six
3-pointers while scoring
24 as San Antonio went 16
of 32 from behind the arc,
rolling to the third-biggest
victory in finals history.
Duncan bounced back
from his worst game
ever in the finals, and the
Spurs' combination of
fresh faces and old reli-
ables in a raucous return
to a city that hadn't hosted
a finals game since 1997.
The Spurs were as good
as fans remembered in the
old days, shutting down
LeBron James until they
had built a huge lead late
in the third quarter.
James finished with 15
points and 11 rebounds,
but missed 11 of his
first 13 shots against the
excellent defense of Kawhi
Leonard, who had 14
points and 12 rebounds.
Game 4 is Thursday
here, where the Heat are
3-22 in the regular season
and so far zero wins and
one really bad beating in
the postseason.
Duncan shot 3 of 13
for nine points, his worst
performance ever in his
25 NBA Finals games, in
the Heat's 103-84 victory
Sunday. Tony Parker
FINALS 6

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By ROB SHORE
SPORTS WRITER
Former Port Charlotte
High School wrestling
coach Ray Montero
was remembered as a
"fun-loving guy" by his
contemporaries at the
school on Tuesday after
his death in an automo-
bile accident over the
weekend.
Montero coached the
Pirates during the 2009-
10 and 2010-11 seasons
and was an assistant
football coach under then
head coach David Hoffer
for the 2010 and 2011
seasons. He also taught
in the school's behavioral

unit.
"He was a fun-loving
guy," said Port Charlotte
athletic director James
Vernon. "He was always
in high spirits, always
having fun. He did help a
lot of our kids in the be-
havioral unit he taught."
Montero, a 45-year-old
North Port resident, died
Saturday after being
ejected from a Nissan
Titan in an early-morning
rollover in northwest
Port Charlotte. Richelle
Maria Watkins Haworth
was also ejected from the
truck and was taken to
Lee Memorial Hospital in
Fort Myers and listed in
serious condition.

"I was shocked," Hoffer
said. "I didn't want to
believe it."
Montero graduated
from Port Charlotte in
1985 and finished fourth
at 119 pounds in the
FHSAA Class 3A state
wrestling tournament un-
der the Pirates' longtime
coach Don Sanford.
That experience helped
him take over the team.
"I hired him because he
had been a highly ranked
wrestler when he was
here," Vernon said. "We
wanted to get that family
feel back and he was a big
part of that."
Hoffer liked the en-
thusiam he saw from

* CENTER STAGE:

AP PHOTO
Boston's Zdeno Chara, left, guards Pittsburgh left wing James Neal during the Eastern
Conference finals, which the Bruins swept in four games.

Hockey fans who endured another
lockout are in for a treat that will cap a
sprint of a season.
The Chicago Blackhawks and Boston
Bruins compete for the Stanley Cup
for the first time in the NHL's first final
featuring Original Six teams since 1979.
Five things to watch when the puck
drops tonight:

1. SPEED VS. STRENGTH: Chicago has
some of the fastest forwards and defensemen on the
planet. Boston, though, is the toughest team in hockey.
Something's got to give. If cat-quick Blackhawks
superstar Patrick Kane runs into Bruins defenseman
Zdeno Chara, he's in trouble. The 6-foot-9, 255-pound
Chara is nearly a foot taller and more than 75 pounds
heavier than Kane.

2. BETWEEN THE PIPES: Both teams have

goalies playing their best hockey at a perfect time for
teams that weren't counting on them the last time
they won a championship Chicago's Corey Crawford
(NHL-low 1.74 goals-against average) and Boston's
Tuukka Rask (1.75 GAA).

3. SHINING STARS: David Krejci has been
simply sensational, leading the league with nine goals
and 21 points this postseason. Jonathan Toews was
tough to stop when Chicago ended its 49-year champi-
onship drought in 2010, and he has to pick up the pace
for the Blackhawks to win it all again. The captain has
only one goal this postseason.

4. COACHING COUNTS: Joel Quenneville
and Claude Julien decide who plays when, and their
choices will make for a game within the game each
night. Quenneville will get to make the last change
when the NHL's top-seeded Blackhawks are at home
for Games 1 and 2 and if necessary, Games 5 and 7.

Vanessa Fuchs said
Tuesday she's prepared
to serve as Florida State's
interim athletic director
"as long as this interim
period takes."
The 34-year-old, who
played basketball at
FSU from 1997-2001,
was named the school's
interim AD last week.
"It's been a fun week
and a lot of people have
asked me,' [Vanessa], are
you ready for this?'" she
said. "And my response
has been, 'We're ready.
We're Florida State."
FSU President Eric
Barron said last week that
he'd like to have a new AD
in place by the fall.
In the interim, Fuchs
said she plans on reaching
out to each of the univer-
sity's 20 head coaches and
their staffs, and trying to
collaborately move the
program forward for the
duration. It's a still to-be-
determined duration, too.
Fuchs said Tuesday no
timeline has been set.
She's had to jump right
in, too. While she met with

Barron on Monday for the
first time in her new role,
football player Greg Dent
was released from Leon
County Jail after having
been charged the day
before with second-degree
felony sexual assault.
Fuchs told the Orlando
Sentinel that she, football
coach Jimbo Fisher and
the rest of the support staff
at the university will moni-
tor Dent's situation
Fisher reiterated
Monday night that Dent
is suspended indefinitely,
per school policy regard-
ing felony offenses.

FGCU's AD honored:
Ken Kavanaugh, Florida Gulf Coast
University's director of athletics, has
been named an Athletics Director of
the Year by the National Association
of Collegiate Directors of Athletics
(NACDA).
Kavanagh is one of four honorees
from the Division I-AAA S-100
Division I institutions that do not
sponsor football in the Southeast
Region and and will be recognized
Saturday during NACDAs 48th Annual
Convention at the World Center Marriott
Resort in Orlando.
It's the second career honor for
Kavanagh, who was named the Division

Montero and brought him
in as an assistant coach,
working with the junior
varsity and the varsity
running backs.
"I saw his passion
as the head wrestling
coach," said Hoffer,
now an assistant under
Jordan Ingman. "The kids
respected him a lot and
worked really hard for
him. I saw him running
around and thought he
would be a great asset to
the program. He was one
of the guys I could count
on for a lot of the events
we did outside of school."
He was let go by the
school district after the
2010-11 school year.

death

But his sudden loss
was a shock to the Port
Charlotte coaching
community.
"He was a real sincere
person," Hoffer said.
"My heart goes out to his
family. It's a sad loss, not
only for his family, but to
his friends and he'll surely
be missed."
Vernon concurred.
"It was just sad any
time a Pirate, any guy like
that dies," he said, "his
life ends so short."
Montero's arrange-
ments are being handled
by Kays-Ponger & Uselton
Funeral Home and
Cremation Services, Port
Charlotte Chapel.

Rising Stars clinic: 6-8 p.m.
second and fourth Thursday of each
month through Aug. 22 at the Morgan
Family Community Center in North Port.
For kids K-5. Cost: $5 drop-in fee or $25
for entire session. Call 941-429-7275
or wivist www.cityofnorthport.com to
register.

FISHING
Charlotte High School
Redfish Roundup:12th
annual event June 22. Cost: $300 for
three-angler teams with a late fee of
$50 added after June 18. First prize is
$5,000 and there is a total purse of more
than $12,000. Call 941-637-5953 or
941-380-8099.

FOOTBALL

I Central Region Athletics Director of the Flag football tourna-
Year in 2007-08 at Bradley. ment:June 29-30 in Punta Gorda.

FGCU will call Nicklaus
course home: Florida Gulf Coast
announced its men's golf program will
call Old Corkscrew Golf Club its new
home beginning in August.
The course, located in Estero, is
Southwest Florida's only Jack Nicklaus
Signature golf course. The course, which
opened in February 2007, was ranked
No. 1 in Southwest Florida in 2010 and
2012 by Golf Magazine and has played
host to several tournaments including
the USGA Sectional qualifier (2009,
2010), the 2008 Florida State Amateur
Championship and the 2007 Florida
State Senior Open.

Florida away game
tickets on sale: The Gator Ticket
Office announced that away game
tickets are now available for the general
public to purchase. Tickets are sold on
a first-come, first-serve basis until sold
out. Away game ticket orders are limited(
to 15 per account. For orders over 15,
contact the Gator Ticket Office group
sales department at (352) 375-4683,
ext. 6800.Fans may order online at
Gatorzone.com/tickets or by calling
(800) 344-2867, ext. 6800, Monday
through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Florida's 2013 road schedule includes
Miami, Kentucky, LSU, Missouri and
South Carolina.

North Port Mustangs
registration: football and
cheerleading, Saturday, June 29 and
July 13,10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Larry
Thoennissen Field concession stand
behind the George Mullen Activity
Center. Free physical will be offered
June 29. Cost: $185 (football), $215
(cheerleading); $100 deposit is required.
Open to kids age 5-15. Original birth
certificate required. Logon to www.
northportmustangs.org or contact Trina
Willis at ryan-trina@comcast.net or
941-815-0804,

Imagine School at North
Port : varsity football fundraising
luncheon Saturday, June 22, 11 a.m. to
1 p.m., at Carrabba's Italian Grill in Port
Charlotte. Team players will be serving.
There will also be raffles. Tickets, $12
each, must be purchased in advance.
ContactTina Smith at 941-376-2279.

conservatively at 422 feet.
The win improved the
Rays to 35-29 and pulled
them back within four
games of the American
League East leading Red
Sox, whom they had
beaten only once in their
first seven meetings.
Starter Roberto
Hernandez, meanwhile,
delivered an encouraging
outing, working into the
eighth and throwing a
career high 122 pitches -
while holding the Red Sox
to three runs on eight hits.
It was arguably
Hernandez's best outing of
the season against a team
not named the Marlins.
The veteran free agent
addition has been consis-
tently inconsistent, and
has not been the innings-
eater the Rays expected
when signing him.
Even manager Joe
Maddon acknowledged
that Hernandez would
appear to be the obvious
candidate to lose his job
when David Price returns
from the disabled list,
potentially by the end
of the month, with the
presumption that Chris
Archer is here to stay.
Maddon, though, was
quick to point out they
had not even started
thinking about that, not-
ing the "cruel" way these
things tend to work out.
"On the surface it would
absolutely look like that, I
can't disagree with that,"
Maddon said. "But we

AP PHOTO
NUMBERSGAME
Tampa Bay's Matt Joyce, center, celebrates in the dugout with teammates following his two-run
home run during the fifth inning of Tuesday's game against Boston in St. Petersburg. The first eight Boston batters

have not discussed it in
those terms."
Still, Maddon ac-
knowledged before the
game, it would be good
for Hernandez to have a
strong outing.
"For our sake, and for
his, his own personal
benefit and confidence
level," Maddon said. "His
overall body of work has
not been bad at all."
The game started
ominously similarly to

Monday's, as Hernandez
gave up singles to the first
two hitters and then a sac
fly that gave the Sox two
singles and then a run on
a sac fly.
But Hernandez held
the Sox to just the one
run in the first, and the
Rays, taking advantage of
Lester's wildness, tied it
when James Loney drew
their fourth walk of the
opening inning. Jennings
hit the first of his homers

in the second to give the
Rays a 2-1 lead.
The Sox went back ahead
with a two-run single by
Mike Napoli in the third,
but the Rays responded
again, rallying again against
Lester and getting RBI
singles from Ryan Roberts
and Jose Molina.
That gave them a 4-3
lead, and they built on from
there. Longoria homered in
the fourth, giving him the
team lead with 12.

reached base as the Red Sox
scored six runs before
A lex Cobb recorded an
out in al0-8, 14-inning
win against the Rays
on Monday night. The
game took 5 hours, 24 minutes,
making it the scnnd-lnnnpst in

.. Th t THE BIG INNING: RAYS FIFTH
ry. The teams Loney lined out to shortstop Drew.
d a brawl after R.Roberts walked on a full count.J.Molina
Matt Joyce in walked, R.Roberts to second. R.Roberts
k in t was caught stealing, pitcher Lester to
e back in the third baseman Iglesias to shortstop Drew
:e earlier had to third baseman Iglesias, R.Roberts out.
key. Joyce homered to right on a 2-1 count,
J.Molina scored..De LaTorre pitching.
DeJennings homered to left on a full
-Associated Press count. S.Rodriguez walked on four pitches.
Zobrist flied out to right fielder Victorino.

* MLB:

Maddon

miffed

about

beaning

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ST. PETERSBURG-
Tampa Bay manager Joe
Maddon watched the
videotape and it didn't
change his mind that
Boston's John Lackey
hit Rays leadoff hitter
Matt Joyce intentionally
Monday night.
Lackey's pitch struck
Joyce in the center of the
back, which resulted in a
bench-clearing scrum in
the sixth-inning of Boston's
10-8, 14-inningwin.
"I saw the replay and
absolutely validated my
thoughts," Maddon said
before Tuesday night's
game with the Red Sox.
Lackey and Boston
manager John Farrell both
insisted there was no
intent.
Joyce had homered
earlier and lined a
3-0 pitch foul into
the right-field stands.
The Rays outfielder
shouted at Lackey
after getting plunked
but was restrained by
Red Sox catcher Jarrod
Saltalamacchia as players
from both teams streamed
out of the dugouts and
bullpens.

Price to throw simulated
game Thursday: AL CyYoung
Award winner David Price is scheduled
to throw his first simulated game
Thursday since being sidelined last
month by a strained left triceps.
The Tampa Bay left-hander, put on
the disabled list for the first time in his
career May 16, could rejoin the rotation
by late June or early July.
Price was first scheduled to throw
the simulated game Saturday, but Rays
manager Joe Maddon said the pitcher
threw so well in his second bullpen
session Monday that the timeline was
moved up.
Price is 1-4 with a 5.24 ERA after
going 20-5 with a 2.56 ERA in 2012.
Tampa Bay placed starting pitcher
Alex Cobb on the bereavement list
due to the death of his grandmother.
Right-hander Jake Odorizzi was recalled
from Triple-A Durham to work out of
the bullpen.

1A I|TV second inning but failed
UA Yto score. In the third,
Ryan Brett launched
FROM PAGE 1 a solo home run, his
second blast in his last
get worse.
He did. four games.
The left-hander went Brett singled in the fifth
four innings, the longest and stole second with
outing of his season, Taylor Motter at the plate.
and allowed two hits. He went to third on an
He struck out four and errant throw by catcher
walked one. Walks have Gary Sanchez. But when
plagued him in past he slid, he stayed down.
appearances. Brett dislocated his left
appearances.
"He attacked the zone," shoulder, the same injury
Stone Crabs manager that landed shortstop
BradyWilliams said. Jake Hager on the dis-
Partridge pitched two abled list earlier in the
innings on either side of week. The Crabs' leadoff
a one hour, five minute man had been batting
rain delay. He may have .550 (11 for 20) in his last
been even better after the five games.
break all four strike- "The one thing about
outs came in his last two that kind of injury, it
innings, shouldn't be very long,"
"He stayed focused and Williams said. "We've got
gave us two more quality the All-Star break com-
innings," Williams said. ing up. Hopefully when
"Hopefully he can take we get back on Monday,
this outing into his next these guys will be close to
few." ready."
Kevin Brandt followed Jeff Malm replaced
Partridge with a near- Brett at third base and
identical performance: scored on a sacrifice fly
four innings, two hits and by Motter, the last run of
no runs. the game.
Though the two reliev- It was the second
ers kept the damage in straight game in which
check, the Stone Crabs the Yankees (27-36) took
could not make up the a lead in the first inning
first-inning deficit and and then failed to score
lost 6-2. for the remainder of the
Charlotte (28-34) game.
loaded the bases in the Email:lmyers@sun-herald.com

The grounds crew works to repair a sinkhole next to 1
pitcher's mound made by a busted pipe under the inf
Tuesday's Indians-Rangers game in Arlington, Texas.

AP PHOTO

the
field before

Sinkhole cancels

BP in Texas

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 38-year utility infielder from Pittsburgh
on Monday. He was sent to the Indians
ARLINGTON, Texas after the Pirates recalled him from a
- There was a sinking rehab assignment and activated him
feeling Tuesday near from the 15-day disabled list.
the pitcher's mound at Since playing the first six seasons of
Rangers Ballpark. his career from 1999-2004, McDonald
A busted pipe under the has since played for Toronto, Detroit,
infield created a sinkhole Arizona and Pittsburgh. He was only
right behind the mound, 2-for-31 in 16 games for the Pirates
cancelling batting practice this season, and is a career .240 hitter.
or both the Texas Rangers
and Cleveland Indians so Harper gets injection
the grounds crew could fix to treat injured knee:
the problem. Washington Nationals outfielder Bryce
Workers had to dig Harper was given a cortisone injection
more than 3 feet deep to in his swollen left knee, and he will
try to fix the pipe under wear a brace to ensure he rests the
the field that is used to joint. Harper was given the shot after
water the infield. About visiting Dr. James Andrews on Monday
an hour before the game in Pensacola. Trainer Lee Kuntz said
was scheduled to start, Harper, who is on the 15-day disabled
the repair was complete list, will stay off the knee for a week.
and the grass behind the
mound was back in place. Cubs suspend Triple-A
The Indians entered infielder after tweets: The
the game with a 12-game Chicago Cubs suspended lan Stewart
road losing streak, but without pay for an indefinite period
manager Terry Francona following critical comments about
assured there were no Bull the organization. Cubs president Theo
Durham-like shenanigans Epstein said Triple-A infielder violated
to get a day off. a loyalty clause in his contract.
"I didn't do it," Francona Stewart tweeted that the Cubs
said about the reference were going to leave him at Triple-A
to a sprinkler scene in the Iowa all year and said he thought Cubs
Kevin Costner baseball manager Dale Sveum didn't like him.
movie. "We're frustrated, Stewart apologized for his remarks.
but we're not there yet."
Mets shuffle infield: In
McDonald back with the wake of Ike Davis'demotion to the
Indians nine years later: minors, the struggling New York Mets
John McDonald rejoined the Cleveland are shuffling the right side of their
Indians nearly nine years after playing infield and giving Jordany Valdespin
his last game for his first major league an opportunity to play regularly at
team. The Indians reacquired the second base, his natural position.

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Baltimore Orioles scored the most runs in
franchise history with a 22-1 rout of the
Atlanta Braves.
2012 Alex Rodriguez hit his 23rd ca-
reer grand slam, matching Yankees Hall of
Famer Lou Gehrig for most in baseball his-
tory. Rodriguez hit a full-count pitch from
Atlanta's JonnyVenters in the eighth inning
into the left field seats to tie the game at 4.
Itwas A-Rod'sfirst slam this season and his
10th homer overall.

MIAMI Giancarlo
Stanton hit his first
homer since coming off
the disabled list, a two-
run drive with two outs
in the eighth inning that
lifted the Miami Marlins
to a 5-4 victory over the
Milwaukee Brewers on
Tuesday night.
With Juan Pierre on
first, Stanton connected
on the first pitch from
Jim Henderson (2-2),
sending a drive over the
wall in left-center. It was
his fourth home run this
year. He was activated
from the DL on Monday.
Chad Quails (2-0)
pitched a perfect eighth
and Steve Cishek a score-
less ninth for his seventh
save.
Derek Dietrich had
a two-run homer for
Miami, which has won
three of four.

Cardinals 9, Mets 2: At
New York, Michael Wacha recovered
from a wild start to earn his first
major league win and Allen Craig hit
a three-run homer for St. Louis. Matt
Holliday had three hits and the NL
Central leaders took full advantage
of a crucial error by new Mets first
baseman Daniel Murphy, who was
shifted over from second after
slumping Ike Davis got demoted to
the minors Sunday.

Pirates 8, Giants 2: At
Pittsburgh, Gerrit Cole took a shutout
into the seventh inning of his major
league debut and hit a two-run single
in his first at-bat to lead Pittsburgh.
The top pick in the 2011 draft, Cole
allowed two runs and seven hits in 6
1/3 innings after being called up from
Triple-A Indianapolis earlier in the day.
He began his career with a three-pitch
strikeout of Gregor Blanco and struck
out two overall.

Orioles 3, Angels 2: At
Baltimore, Miguel Gonzalez allowed
one run over eight innings and Nick
Markakis hit a tiebreaking, two-run
single in the seventh inning for
Baltimore. Light-hitting Ryan Flaherty
contributed two well-timed hits for
the Orioles, whose third straight
victory put them a season-high nine
games over .500 (37-28). Baltimore
will seek to complete a three-game
sweep today.

S Indians 5, Rangers 2: In
Arlington, Texas, Corey Kluber allowed
one run over eight innings and
Cleveland snapped an eight-game
losing streak. The Indians also ended
a 12-game road losing streak. Kluber
(4-4) went to Coppell High School,
which is less than 25 miles from
Rangers Ballpark. The right-hander
struck out three with three walks and
benefited from three double plays.

Tigers 3, Royals 2: In
Kansas City, Mo., Max Scherzer won
his ninth straight decision, and Detroit
snapped the Royals'six-game winning
streak on Tuesday night. Scherzer
became the first Tigers starter to
begin the season 9-0 since Vern
Kennedy in 1938 by pitching seven
sharp innings.

Twins 3, Phillies 2: In
Minneapolis. Justin Morneau hit the
go-ahead single in the eighth inning
to cap a three-hit night and carry
Minnesota Jamey Carroll who
had two hits and snapped a 0-for-24
slump drew a walk to start the
eighth off reliever Mike Adams (1-4)
and ended up on third after a Joe
Mauer single and a fielder's choice.

Blue Jays 7, White Sox 5:
I In Chicago, Toronto's Rajai Davis scored
on a wild pitch by Ramon Troncoso in
the 10th inning to help beat Chicago

at U.S. Cellular Field. Munenori
Kawasaki late doubled in a run to give
the Blue Jays a 7-5 lead.
Play was briefly delayed after a
handful of bulbs in the light standards
above the infield at U.S. Cellular Field
went out during the 10th inning. A
small number of lights went out as
Ramon Troncoso prepared to throw
his 2-1 pitch to Adam Lind with the
game tied at 5. The umpires conferred
with Toronto manager John Gibbons
and Chicago's Robin Ventura for a few
minutes before the game continued.

The Sun /Wednesday, June 12, 2013

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COMMENTARY: U.S. OPEN
U.S.0OPEN

Sorry sight: Garcia can't stop apologizing

By TIM DAHLBERG
ASSOCIATED PRESS
ARDMORE, Pa.
Handshake on the
driving range. A
handwritten note
left quietly in his locker.
About the only thing
Sergio Garcia hasn't done
this week is send Tiger
Woods a box of chocolates.
There's still time, of
course, since the two
erstwhile rivals don't tee
off until today in the U.S.
Open at muddy Merion
Golf Club. On second
thought, maybe a nice
bouquet of flowers tucked
inside one of those wicker
baskets they use for flags
here might work better.
C'mon. What's a fellow
got to do to prove he's

sorry?
"You know, it's a big
week and I understand
that it's difficult to meet up
and stuff," Garcia said.
Can't be that hard.
Woods himself mentioned
he had dinner plans
Wednesday night with his
niece, Cheyenne. Maybe
Garcia could at least get in
a few words over dessert.
Or maybe he should just
forget the whole thing and
do what Woods himself
said he had done con-
sider the matter closed.
WhetherWoods actu-
ally meant that will be
debated in the locker room
as much as what Garcia
meant last month when he
said he would have Woods
over for dinner during the

Open and serve him fried
chicken every night.
Garcia talked about
moving forward and being
forgiven. Said he made
dumb mistakes but was
trying to learn from them.
If it weren't for some-
body asking about Ben
Hogan and the great 1-iron
he hit to the 18th green
here at the 1950 U.S. Open,
he'd still be talking about
moving forward and being
forgiven.
"I wish I could go back
in time and take back what
I said, but unfortunately, I
said it," Garcia said. "You
know, the only thing I
can do is show you my
respect from here moving
forward."
After 14 years of chasing

afterWoods on the golf
course, Garcia must
chase him just to offer an
apology. He seems to have
about as much chance of
success as he does winning
a major of his own.
"It's already done,"
Woods said, dismissing
Garcia as easily as he does
most autograph seek-
ers. "We've already gone
through it all. It's time for
the U.S. Open and we tee it
up in two days."
The lingering effects of
the Woods-Garcia dustup
did do one thing. It drew
some of the spotlight from
the decision by the U.S.
Golf Association to return
the Open to Merion, an
old and short course that
could be easy pickings for

the world's best players.
It's also the same course
where Lee Trevino threw
a rubber snake at Jack
Nicklaus before their 1971
playoff, so there is some
history of player confron-
tations, even if that one
was in jest. Asked Tuesday
what happened to the
snake, Trevino said:
"It died. It's been 42
years ago. No snakes live
42 years."
Garcia wants desperately
for this to die, too, before
his sponsors desert him
and his game does the
same. He's not going to win
this Open and may never
win an Open. For now,
though, he's the undis-
puted clubhouse leader in
attempted apologies.

QUICK HITS

WORKED KILLED AT
SAN FRANCISCO'S
NEW NFL STADIUM
SANTA CLARA, Calif.
(AP) State workplace
safety investigators said
the man killed while work-
ing on the San Francisco
49ers' new stadium was
an elevator mechanic who
was standing on a ladder
at the bottom of an eleva-
tor shaft when he was hit
by a counterweight.
Authorities identified the
man as 63-year-old Donald
White. He was found dead
around 6:50 a.m. Tuesday.
White was a certified el-
evator mechanic employed
by Schindler Elevator Corp.
Work on the stadium
has been stopped until
Thursday. The 49ers are
expected to move there for
the 2014 season.
In a statement, the 49ers
said they are "deeply sad-
dened" by the death.

'Pacman'Jones pleads
not guilty: Cincinnati Bengals
cornerback Adam"Pacman"Jones
has pleaded not guilty to an assault
charge after police said he tried to
hurt a woman. The plea came a day
after Jones was arrested and then
released on his own recognizance.
A police complaint said the
29-year-old Jones is accused of
striking the Cincinnati woman last
week. The police report lists the injury
as apparently minor.
It's not the first time Jones has
been in trouble. He pleaded guilty
in January 2012 to a misdemeanor
charge of disorderly conduct. He had
been accused of shouting profanities
and trying to pull away as police
arrested him at a Cincinnati bar
months earlier.

WHO: U.S. Golf Association
WHERE: Merion Golf Club, East
Course, Ardmore, Pa.
WHEN: Thursday-Sunday.
TV: ESPN (Thursday-Friday,
9 a.m.-3 p.m., 5-7 p.m., 8-11
p.m.) and NBC (Thursday-Friday,
3-5 p.m., Saturday-Sunday,
DEFENDING CHAMPION:
Webb Simpson
TIGER WATCH: Tiger Woods
hasn't won a major in five
years. He won the 2008 Open at
Torrey Pines for the last of his 14
major victories. He also won in
2000 at Pebble Beach and 2002
at Bethpage. Woods has four
victories this year to increase his
PGA Tour total to 78, four short
of Sam Snead's tour record.
THE COURSE: Merion is hosting
its fifth Open. Olin Dutra won
in 1934, Ben Hogan in 1950,
Lee Trevino in 1971 and David
Graham in 1981. The clubs uses
red wicker baskets instead of
flags on the pins.
ONLINE: usopen.com and
pgatour.com

team a tape of James "Buster" Douglas'
stunning 1990 knockout of Mike Tyson as
a warning to avoid complacency.
"You become the target,"said Saban,
whose team is seeking its third consecu-
tive BCS title."Everybody's got our name
circled. Everyone wants to beat us. You've
got to get ready for that."
Saban's visit to a town less than
60 miles south ofTennessee's campus
produced more than 100 complaints
over the past several months. Still, the
Alabama coach gota standing ovation
from 1,500 fans who paid $50 for tickets
and lined up for hours amid sweltering
conditions to see him.

COLLEGES
NCAA APR hits schools
with lesser resources:
Eighteen Division I teams will miss the
postseason, and another 18 in men's
basketball and nine other college
sports will trade practice time for
remedial classroom sessions under NCAA
academic progress reports.
Poor Academic Progress Rate scores
mean postseason bans in the 2013-14
academic year for teams from 10 schools,
including two Florida schools: Alabama
State, Arkansas-Pine Bluff, Florida A&M,
Florida International, Grambling State,
Mississippi Valley State, New Orleans,
Norfolk State, Savannah State and
Southern. That compares to 15 teams
ineligible for the 2012-13 postseason.
Most of the penalized schools have
significantly more limited resources
than top NCAA programs, including 11
historically black schools. Four of those
banned are men's basketball squads
from the 10-team Southwestern Athletic
Conference.
"If you can't graduate half your
student-athletes, you shouldn't be
worried about playing in championships
or tournaments"'said NCAA President
Mark Emmert."There's more important
things for you to be focused on."
The 12 Atlamtic Sun Conference
schools, including Florida Gulf Coast
University, posted perfect APR scores.

COLLEGE BASEBALL OBITUARIES
0 BIT UA RIES

North Carolina edges
South Carolina to reach
CWS: In Chapel Hill, N.C.,Colin Moran
hit an RBI triple in a three-run sixth
inning and staff ace Kent Emanuel
picked up his first career save to help
North Carolina beat South Carolina 5-4,
sending the No. 1 overall seed to the
College World Series for the sixth time in
eight seasons.
Brian Holberton hit a two-run homer
for the Tar Heels (57-10), who trailed
4-2 before pushing ahead for good in
the sixth to win the decisive third game
in the weather-delayed super regional
series. UNC plays N.C. State in its CWS
opener on Sunday in Omaha.

Henry Cecil, horse-racing
trainer, dies: One of British horse
racing's most successful trainers died
following a long battle with cancer. He
was 70. The popular Cecil, knighted
by Queen Elizabeth II in 2011, was
champion trainer in Britain 10 times
and trained one of racing's greatest
horses, Frankel, who was retired last
year after winning all 14 of his races.
Baseball entrepreneur Harold "Pete"
Vonachen, a Peoria, Ill., businessman
who used his friendship with Chicago
Cubs broadcaster Harry Caray to help
keep minor league baseball in the city,
has died. He was 87.

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JIG
FROM PAGE 1
almost all the participants
in the Professional Tarpon
Tournament Series, which
fishes events in Boca
Grande Pass during May
and June.
Those who want the jig
banned say the reason it
catches more fish is be-
cause it's snagging them
- hooking them without
the fish's participation.
Essentially, they're saying
jig anglers are cheating
by catching fish in an
unethical way. However,
it's difficult to prove one
way or the other.
Gary Ingman, the or-
ganizer of the PTTS, said
that if the FWC decides to
do away with the Pass jig,
the tournaments, which
are filmed for television,
will continue.
"Whatever happens
happens and we move
on," he said. "We're in
the Tarpon Capital of the
World. It's not like the fish
will run away. We'll take
whatever happens and
we'll turn it into a profit.
We hope the right decision
is made, but whatever it is
we move forward."
Ingman said the Pass
jig is not really necessary
for anglers in the tour-
nament. If it's banned,
participants will figure
out a new way.
Accidental snagging
is part of the sport but
intentional snagging is
considered to be unsport-
ing for species that will
take a baited hook and
it's illegal for tarpon in
Florida. The draft rule be-
fore the FWC would also
affect the definition of
snagging tarpon, expand-
ing it to include hooking
them without their active

FINALS
FROM PAGE 1
wasn't much better,
shooting 5 of 14 and
committing five turn-
overs, and Manu Ginobili
admitted afterward the
veteran trio had to play
well for the Spurs to win.
They were fine, but the
lesser-knowns were better.
Parker and Ginobili
combined for 14 assists,
but the bigger story was
the guys who had never
played on this stage before.
Neal, who went
undrafted after playing for
LaSalle and Towson, then
playing overseas for three
seasons in Italy, Spain and
Turkey.
Green, who had
been cut multiple times
- including by James'
Cavaliers and now has
the shot to stick.
Leonard, the draft-
night trade acquisition
from San Diego State who
played the NBAs four-time
MVP to a stalemate.
Mike Miller made all five
3-pointers and scored 15
points for the Heat, who
broke open Sunday's game
and seized momentum in
the series with a 33-5 run
in the second half.
The Spurs seized it right
back, improving to 18-7 in
the finals, the best winning
percentage of any team
with 20 or more games.
A brief flurry by James
had Miami within 15
after three quarters, but
Neal, Green and Leonard
combined on a 13-0 run

participation.
"They're not banning
the jig," said Capt. Tom
McLaughlin, chairman of
Save the Tarpon. "They're
looking at banning the
current configuration of
the jig, which is the weight
hanging below the hook.
It's not a jig; by definition,
it's a snatch hook. That
configuration has been
banned in numerous
other fisheries where fish
are in prespawn condi-
tions. I haven't found a
single other fishery in an
aggregate site where a
bottom-weighted hook
is allowed, but I also
can't find another state
where it's illegal every-
where. The laws are very
site-specific."
Florida's bottom-
weighted hook ban
would apply only to Boca
Grande Pass.
No matter how today's
hearing and vote go,
Ingman is confident the
future of the PTTS is look-
ing good.
"We run a great tourna-
ment and we're very pro-
fessional," he said. "That's
not going to change. The
PTTS and the outboard
boats are here to stay."
McLaughlin agreed that
a jig ban would not be a
death knell for the PTTS.
"If the tarpon are eating
it, the rule shouldn't
affect the tournament at
all," he said. "It may affect
the way some people fish
in the tournament, but
those anglers who would
be affected shouldn't be
fishing that way anyway
- it's intentional snag-
ging. They should be
able to reconfigure the
jig in such a way that the
legitimate bites still catch
fish but tarpon can't be
intentionally snagged."
Email:jolive@sun-herald.com

to open the fourth, Green's
3-pointer making it 91-63.
The NBA hadn't made
its way along San Antonio's
River Walk this late in the
season since 1997, and
fans couldn't wait to have
the Spurs back. They sang
and danced and clapped
around the concourse and
in their seats, as if their
favorite rock band had
returned for a concert.
And they were thrilled
to see the Duncan they
recognized from his first 24
finals appearances.
He got right on the
board in this one, with a
short jumper 20 seconds
into the game. The Spurs,
who had played from
behind most of the series,
had a 24-20 lead after
making 11 of 18 shots in
the first quarter.
Duncan hit a pair of
three throws and another
basket, and after a jumper
by Neal, he threw a long
outlet to Leonard for a
dunk that made it 40-30.
Neal's 3 made it 43-32,
but Miller hit a pair of
3-pointers in a 12-1 run
that tied it at 44 with
37 seconds in the half,
the Heat appearing set
to go into the half with
momentum. But Parker
drilled a 3 from the corner,
and after Green blocked
James' shot, the Spurs
rushed it up for a 3-pointer
by Neal that fell at the
buzzer, the reserve guard
pointing back toward his
defenders before the Spurs
headed to the locker room
with a 50-44 advantage.

FROM PAGE 1
But the questions will
linger. Nobody knows what
will happen with Tebow in
New England. He signed a
two-year contract without
any guaranteed money.
He will have to give up his
beloved No. 15 jersey be-
cause Ryan Mallett already
has that number. Instead,
he will wear No. 5, his high
school number. He will be
listed as the third-string
quarterback on a team that
didn't carry a third QB last
season.
Tebow could be cut
in the preseason for all I
know, or he will flourish
in some sort of gimmicky
package concocted by
AP PHOTO Belichick and offensive co-
ordinator Josh McDaniels.
quarterback Tebow's comfort level
should be solid, since the
Pats run the same offense
as the Broncos did when
SMcDaniels and Tebow
were in Denver.
a n But let's not fool our-
selves: Brady isn't going
to rush to the sidelines
inuity when the Pats get inside
S the 10-yard-line, or in any
short yardage situations.
system, Brady has converted on
is a good 49 straight 3rd-and-1 or
he's been in 4th-and-1 rushes. The last
ems where time he was stopped was
a lack of inWeek 4 of 2005.
upside is he My guess is that Tebow
football." makes some noise in
s, Freeman New England. McDaniels
refitted believes in him. He was the
ght by an guy who felt so strongly
*s in vari- about Tebow that he
drafted him in the first
f the day, it round in 2010, marking the
i football," start of the Tebow's NFL
'You're frenzy.
different That's over now. Look
reads, but at Belichick's record with
choose polarizing players. Corey
re going to Dillon, Randy Moss and
hitter what Chad Ochocinco were all
o make the reined in by Belichick's
1 I'm in a under-my-thumb rules of
right now." engagement.
Tebow is high-mainte-
ntering the
contract nance for entirely different
ed to reasons. He brings an
d unprecedented element
agent next all those devoted fans
e feel any to New England, but
? they will be silenced, too.
o look at Ask Belichick if he gives
critical a hoot. If Belichick cared
said. "I about public perception,
ere's any he would have upgraded
'. You're his clothes from Goodwill's
ng you love Homeless Collection.
lot of fun. But there remains
ie people great hope for the Tebow
The disciples. Belichick
f comes would love to stick it to
wanting to everybody else in the NFL
ranting to who dismissed Tebow as
ext level of damaged goods. It would
game." add another notch to his
legacy of "Evil Genius" if
Tebow makes an impact in
New England.
Look for Tebow to be
ts part of several packages,
UtLS an H-Back deal, maybe
some work at tight end,
that he won't and a special teams slot.
s Cowboys next I also suspect his signing
coach said that has something to do with
ne a role Garrett the health issues involving
he Dallas staff tight ends for the Pats.
he dsi was Two-time NFL All-Pro Rob

cause he's been indefinitelyfollowing his
ever revealed recent forearm surgeries.
He is expected to have
back surgery as well.
Aaron Hernandez is still
ber seeds recovering from shoulder
The backside
The surgery.
his lawyer in Tebow has been nicked
is disrespect to a up quite a bit as well. It's
asn't something all about his reputation
/jail sentence, and ability to survive in the
motion. Adam NFL now. New England
MCounty will bring the rise of Tebow
McHughto 2.0.
:e. Johnson had And the death of
osecutors for Tebowmania.
d counseling to
nation from his
ear to battery on
Evelyn Lozada. E

Ravens:

By RICK STROUD
TAMPA BAY TIMES
TAMPA Josh
Freeman has thrown foot-
balls to a lot of different
speed receivers, although
not with one who goes
200 miles per hour on
Sunday.
But there he was
Tuesday following the
first practice of Tampa
Bay's mandatory mini-
camp, playing catch with
NASCAR driver Kasey
Kahne.
Freeman had no
trouble adjusting to his
new target. The only
consistent thing about
the Bucs quarterback
has been a lack of con-
sistency. Entering his
fifth season, Freeman
has played for two head
coaches in three offensive
systems under three
offensive coordinators
and four quarterbacks
coaches.
It's no surprise that
nine of the top 12 passers
in the NFL last season
had been with the same
head coach and/or in the
same system for at least
five years. The exceptions
were Peyton Manning,
who brought his own
offense to Denver from
Indianapolis; and rook-
ies Robert Griffin III and
Russell Wilson.
In his first season under

offensive coordinator
Mike Sullivan, Freeman
set single-season club re-
cords in 2012 for passing
yards (4,065) and touch-
downs (27) while throw-
ing 17 interceptions. But
Year Two under Sullivan
promises to be an even
better one for Freeman
and the Bucs offense.
"I think our comfort
level is so much higher,
and really, I speak for the
entire offense," Freeman
said. "It's just the commu-
nication, just going in each
down... it's all functioning
at a higher level. That
comes with experience.
I think this off-season,
guys put in a lot of work,
everybody all around,
making sure by the time
we get to the season there
are no more of those plays
of indecision. Everybody
is going to be on the same
page and we're not going
to hinder ourselves."
Bucs coach Greg
Schiano said it's hard to
quantify how much the
changing supporting cast,
systems and terminology
have affected Freeman's
development.
"It's all relative, right?
If you could've been the
same system all five years,
it certainly would've
helped," Schiano said.
"How much it hurts? I can't
quantify that. It helps to

stay in the same
particularly if it
system. I think L
some good system
the downside is
continuity, the i
learned a lot of
In some ways
said he has ben
from being taun
array of coach
ous systems.
"At the end o
comes down to
Freeman said.'
going to have d
plays, different
really you can't
what path you']
take. But no ma
it is, you have t
most of it. I fee
great situation
Freeman is e
final year of his
and is schedule
become a free
March. Does he
added pressure
"You've got t(
every year as a
year," Freeman
wouldn't say th
added pressure
doing somethil
to do and it's a
And you love th
you work with.
pressure kind o
from within, wa
compete and w
take it to the ne
your personal p

FROM WIRE REPORTS
WASHINGTON -
Quarterback Robert
Griffin III said Tuesday
he will begin making cuts
on his surgically repaired
right knee next week as
part of his rehabilitation
program, as he aims to be
ready to practice at the
outset of the Washington
Redskins' training camp
late next month.
"You saw today the
explosive sprinting part,"
Griffin said following
the team's minicamp
practice. "I feel comfort-
able sprinting now. The
next big stage is just
cutting. And it's not that
I go cut for two days and
I'm ready to go. It's just
a month of just doing
cutting drills, change of
direction. That way I can
train my body to get back
for that.
"So I'll start that next
week. I'll start cutting
next week. And then after
that it's just everything
over and over."
After this week's
minicamp, Redskins
players are off until
training camp, which
is scheduled to begin
July 25 in Richmond, Va.
Griffin said last week he

believes it is a realistic
goal for him to be ready
to practice at the outset
of training camp. He
reiterated that Tuesday.

Mark Maske,
The Washington Post

Jaguars get Kafka off
waivers: The Jaguars claimed
another former New England player
when they were awarded quarterback
Mike Kafka off waivers, the third
New England player claimed by
Jacksonville in the last four weeks. The
team also picked up defensive tackles
Kyle Love and Brandon Deaderick off
waivers last month.
The Patriots waived Kafka on
Monday, creating a roster spot for free
agent Tim Tebow. The Jaguars waived
tight end Matt Veldman to make room
for Kafka.

Colts sign Bradshaw: The
Indianapolis Colts signed the unre-
stricted free agent Ahmad Bradshaw,
adding a veteran running back to
their crowded backfield. He will join
the team today under a contract
whose terms were not disclosed. The
27-year-old Bradshaw spent seven
seasons with the New York Giants, but
left the team in February. He ran for
1,015 yards on 221 carries (4.6 yards
per carry) and scored six touchdowns
last season.

Garrett admits Callahan
will call plays: Jason Garrett

finally acknowledged
call plays for the Dalla
season. The Cowboys c
Bill Callahan will assure
has had since joining t
in 2007. Garrett said tl
made five months ago
reluctant to share it b
around coaches who n
play-callers.

Johnson lawy
cut in jail term:
pat Chad Johnson gave
court was not meant a
judge and certainly wa
that warrants a 30-day
the attorney said in a i
Swickle asked Broward
Circuit Judge Kathleen
reconsider the sentence
reached a deal with pr
community service and
resolve a probation vic
no-contest plea last ye
his then-wife, TV star I

Leach cut by
Vonta Leach was relea
Baltimore Ravens, who
on a restructured cont
three-time All-Pro full
was an integral part o
game that helped the
champions last season
way for standout half
Leach made the Pro Be
his two seasons with B
was a key figure in the

sed by the
o failed to agree
ract with the
back. Leach
fa running
Ravens become
i. Paving the
back Ray Rice,
owl in each of
Baltimore and
e locker room. New England's Tim Tebow
works out at minicamp
-Associated Press Tuesday in Foxborough, Mass.

'TINY GIANT'- JEFF STEINBERG COM-
ING TO EUMC, 8a.m.,9:30a.m.and11 a.m.worship
services. Four foot, six inches tall,Jeff was born with no arms
or hands and deformed legs. Everyone is encouraged to ex-
perience this inspirational message of hope. Steinberg says
her's a masterpiece in progress, and challenges everyone to
see themselves and others in the same light. Come and be
uplifted. Englewood United Methodist Church,

Punta Gorda, Port Charlotte, North Port, Englewood & Venice W
BEAUTY INSIDE AND OUT
Boca Royale Golf and Country Club has always been known for its beautiful
setting, where golfers can enjoy the lush landscape and wildlife unencumbered by
houses or other distractions. Originally designed by course architects T A.
Anderson, Steven R. Smyers and Carter Morrish, the award-winning golf course sits
among towering oaks, cypress, palms, exotic Melaleuca trees and lush green
fairways.
Since Neal Communities assumed ownership of the club in July 2012,
everything about Boca Royale has only gotten better.
'We've extended the length of several of the championship tees, added new, white sand to the sand traps, and
enhancing the landscaping is an ongoing process," said general manager Bruce Smith. inside, everything has been
painted and new carpeting installed. From the chandeliers to the marble, the club shines.1
The Fairway Room for formal dining and the more casual 19th Hole have a new executive chef, David Saunders, who
has redesigned the menu with new recipes, including signature desserts made from scratch. Lunch is served daily from 11
a.m. to 3 p.m, dinner Wednesday through Friday from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. with nightly specials, and Sunday brunch buffet from
10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The restaurant is open to members and non-members. The club also has six Har-Tru championship tennis
courts, a Bocce ball court and a new chipping and sand practice area for golfers. A brand new fitness center is set to open
early in 2013.
Boca Royale Golf and Country Club is a semi-private club with golf, tennis and social memberships for singles and
families. Lessons are available for both golf and tennis. Head golf pro Adrian Matern has organized a full tournament
schedule from October through May, including men's, women's, Jack and Jill, couples and more. Courtside, head tennis pro
Pancho Williams has developed a full slate of matches, exhibitions and tournaments, charity events and junior summer
camp, as well as clinics for ladies, men and kids.
Social director Christa Root works with the social committee comprised of interested members, to design activities that
meet members' varied interests. From bingo and bridge to Mah-Jongg, dances, trivia and theme nights, day excursions and
getaways, Boca Royale's social schedule has something for everyone. And it all takes place in a casual, friendly and inviting
atmosphere. Physical fitness activities include cardio classes, water aerobics, Pilates and Men's Boot Camp.
Boca Royale feels like a world away, yet is conveniently located on State Route 776 in Englewood, just minutes from
Venice, Boca Grande and the Gulf of Mexico. For more information call 941-474-5525 or visit www.bocaroyale.com.

Venice Theatre is seeking performers
ranging in age from elementary school
students through young adults to audition
for its upcoming "Generations" musical,
"Schoolhouse Rock
Live!" Director Dennis
Clark is casting one
young adult to play
the teacher, five ,f r
other young actors
to play leading roles,
and several other
young actors to be in
the ensemble.
Auditions are PHOTO PROVIDED
Saturday, June 15 at 2:30 p.m. and Sunday,
June 16 at 5 p.m. Auditioners must come
prepared with 16-32 bars of a song that shows
personality preferably not a ballad and
bring sheet music for the accompanist Using
pre-recorded music or singing a cappella is not

permitted. Actors might also be asked to read
from the script. (Perusal copies are available
by mailing rhondasudik@venicestage.com.)
Clark says,"If time permits, I may teach a
simple dance combination, so please wear
something comfortable that you can move
Sin."Performances of
'Schoolhouse Rock Live!"
will take place
*. Thursday through
Sunday September
_12-29, in the Pinkerton
)Theatre.
More information
About auditioning at
I Venice Theatre, and
positions for"School
House Rock Live!" is available atwww.
venicestage.com or by calling the theatre's
administrative offices at 941-484-4033.
Auditions and all performances will be held
at Venice Theatre located at 140 W. Tampa
Avenue on the island in Venice.

A Better Place Dance & Fitness Studio 6th Annual Dance Recital

PROVIDED BY A BETTER PLACE DANCE AND
FITNESS STUDIO
Saturday, A Better Place Dance and
Fitness Studio will hold their annual recital
at the North Port Performing Arts Center.
Information for those who would like to
attend is listed below:
Matinee: 2 p.m.

Tickets: $10 in advance/$12 at the door
Evening: 6 p.m.
Tickets: $12 in advance/$15 at the door
at North Port Performing Arts Center
6400 Price Blvd., North Port
For more information call: 941-429-6700,
or check their website at:
abetterplacedanceandfitness.com

Let's Go!

June 12-18, 2013 E/N/C/V

Let's Go!

MOVIES GO

OPENING THIS WEEK

This is the End I Runtime 1 hr.
47 min. I Rated R for crude and
sexual content, brief graphic nudity,
drug use, pervasive language and
some violence.
The comedy"This Is The End" follows six
friends trapped in a house after a series of
strange and catastrophic events devastate Los
Angeles. As the world unravels outside, dwin-
dling supplies and cabin fever threaten to tear
apart the friendships inside. Eventually, they are
forced to leave the house, facing their fate and
the true meaning of friendship and redemption.

Man of Steel I Runtime: 2 hrs.
23 min. I Rated PG-13 for intense
sequences of sci-fi violence, action
and destruction, and for some
language.
From Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary
Pictures comes "Man of Steel," starring
Henry Cavill in the role of Clark Kent/
Superman, under the direction of Zack Snyder
("300""Watchmen"). The film also stars three-
time Oscar' nominee Amy Adams as Daily
Planet journalist Lois Lane, and Oscars nominee
Laurence Fishburne as her editor-in-chief, Perry
White. Starring as Clark Kent's adoptive parents,
Martha and Jonathan Kent, are Oscars nominee
Diane Lane and Academy Award' winner Kevin
Costner. Squaring off against the superhero are
two other surviving Kryptonians, the villainous
General Zod, played by Oscar' nominee Michael
Shannon, and Faora, Zod's evil partner, played
by Antje Traue. Also from Superman's native
Krypton are Lara Lor-Van, Superman's mother,
played by Ayelet Zurer, and Superman's father,
Jor-EI, portrayed by Academy Award' winner
Russell Crowe.

Los Angeles Times Ratings by the Motion Picture Association of America are: (G) for general
audiences; (PG) parental guidance urged because of material possibly unsuitable for children; (PG-13)
parents are strongly cautioned to give guidance for attendance of children younger than 13; (R)
restricted, younger than 17 admitted only with parent or adult guardian; (NC-17) no one younger than
17 admitted.

OTHER MOVIES PLAYING
THIS WEEK

The Internship I Runtime 2 hrs. I
Rated PG-13 for partying, language,
sexuality and some crude humor.
Two old-school, unemployed salesmen (Vince
Vaughn, Owen Wilson) finagle internships at
Google, then must compete with younger and
smarter candidates for prime positions.

The Purge I Runtime 1 hr. 25 min.
I Rated R for strong, disturbing
violence and some language.
In an America ravaged by crime and overcrowded
prisons, the government sanctions an annual 12-hour
period during which all criminal activity- including
murder is legal. James Sandin (Ethan Hawke) and
his family face the ultimate test when an intruder
drags the vicious outside world into their home.
James, Mary (Lena Headey) and their two children
struggle to survive the night while trying not to turn
into monsters like the ones they are striving to avoid.

After Earth I Runtime 1 hr. 40 mins.
|Rated PG-13 for sci-fi action, violence
and some disturbing images.
People were forced to leave Earth a millennium
ago to establish a new home on Nova Prime.
Now, Gen. Cypher Raige (Will Smith) heads Nova
Prime's most-prominent family. Cypher's teenage
son, Kitai (Jaden Smith), feels enormous pressure
to follow in his father's legendary footsteps -
which strains their relationship. Cypher and Kitai
set out on a trip to mend their bond, but when
their craft crashes on Earth's hostile surface, each
must trust the other greatly or perish.
Now You See Me I Runtime 1 hr.
56 min. I Rated PG-13 for language,
some action and sexual content.
"Now You See Me" pits an elite FBI squad
in a game of cat and mouse against "The Four
Horsemen," a super-team of the world's greatest
illusionists. "The Four Horsemen" pull off a series
of daring heists against corrupt business leaders
during their performances, showering the stolen
profits on their audiences while staying one step
ahead of the law.

Epic I Runtime not provided I
Rated PG for mild action, brief rude
language and some scary images.
Epic tells the story of an ongoing battle
deep in the forest between the forces of good
and evil. When a teenage girl finds herself magi-
cally transported into this secret universe, she
must band together with a rag-tag team of fun
and whimsical characters in order to save their
world ... and ours.

Fast and Furious 6 | Runtime 2 hrs.
10 min. I Rated PG-13 for intense
sequences of violence, intense
sequences of action, language,
mayhem throughout and some
sexuality.
Since Dom (Vin Diesel) and Brian's (Paul
Walker) heist in Rio left them and their crew
very rich people, they've scattered across the
globe; however, they must still live as fugi-
tives, unable to return home to their families.
Meanwhile, Agent Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson)
has been tracking a gang of lethally skilled
mercenary drivers whose second-in-command is
someone Dom knows. Unable to take them down
himself, Hobbs asks Dom and his crew for help in
exchange for full pardons for everyone.

The Hangover Part III I Runtime
1 hr. 40 min. I Rated R for perva-
sive language, drug content, brief
graphic nudity, sexual references
and some violence.
The Wolfpack set out in search of Mr. Chow
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Since Cecile DePaola and her son,
Anthony, bought The Philadelphian
Restaurant five years ago, they have kept
up the tradition of the previous owner
by serving authentic'Philly'cheesesteak
sandwiches. In addition to satisfying
Philly lovers, the owners added many
items for dine-in, take-out or delivery. The
restaurant received the Charlotte Sun 2012
Readers Choice Award for Best of Charlotte
Cheesesteak.
Located at 2320 Tamiami Tr., Unit 6,
(between Midway and Forrest Nelson
Boulevards) in Port Charlotte, the restau-

rant is a true family business, whose work
schedules keep the restaurant running
smoothly.
Anthony works in the evenings after
he has put in a full day at his business,
'Dico Lawn Service'that he's owned since
the family moved here in 1986. His wife,
Shannon, and children, Kourtnie and Ryley,
work the early daytime hours, and Cecile
works afternoons until closing.
Cecile was an insurance agent for
22 years, but was pleased to get back into
the restaurant business."l had a restaurant
in Holland, Mass., for four years, so I was
pleased when The Philadelphian went up
for sale;,she said."I'm blessed with my
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said."We all get along and have a good
system."
The famous Philly cheesesteak sandwich
originally was only available on 8-inch or
12-inch rolls, but 18-inch rolls were
added to satisfy larger appetites. Many of
the products used come from Philadelphia
such as all the steaks, and the Amoroso
rolls.
According to Cecile, among the variety
of cheesesteak sandwiches, the most
popular is the Cheesesteak Bomb, served
with onions, peppers, mushrooms, salami
or pepperoni. Italian hoagies are also
customer favorites such as the'best Italian
hoagiewith ham, capicola, prosciutto and
provolone cheese, and a vegetable hoagie
chock full of fresh veggies.
A variety of salads are offered such
as Philly cheesesteak salad or chicken
cheese salad, and antipasto. Sides avail-
able include mozzarella sticks with sauce,
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For hot dog lovers, there are Nathan's belly
busters. A kids menu is also available.
Along with a variety of 24-ounce fountain
drinks. They also carrry Birch Beer from
Philadelphia.
"Many customers are from New Jersey
and Philadelphia" Cecile said,"and they
tell us our sandwiches are just as good as
back home, if not better."
Pat O'Grady, a registered nurse, veri-
fies the authenticity of the restaurant's
sandwiches. "Once or twice a week, I get a
take-out cheesesteak sandwich with extra
cheese. This is the only place in Florida that
the sandwiches are as good as up north,"
she said.
After sharing an 18-inch cheesesteak
bomb sandwich, first-time customers,
Cindy Burgess and son Christopher, said,
"The steak was very tender, roll was deli-
cious and toppings were generous. Never
had pepperoni on a cheesesteak before,
but it was really good. We'll definitely
come back."
"We are really busy when the
seasonal residents are here" Cecile
said, "But we sincerely appreciate
our local customers who keep us
busy all summer. Also, we are
providing our customers with a
card numbered one to nine. After
buying a cheesesteak or hoagie
nine times, receive the tenth free."
Besides local customers, Cecile
claims there are many from
Arcadia, Venice and Cape Coral.
Business hours are 10:30 a.m.
to 8:30 p.m. Monday through
Thursday, and 10:30 a.m. to
9 p.m. Friday and Saturday
(until 8 p.m. during summer).
The restaurant is closed on
Sunday. Delivery is available
for local businesses with a two
sandwich minimum.
Go to'Philadelphian'on
Facebook to view the menu
and photos.
Call 941-766-0555 for takeout.

Chocolate. Sweet, velvety deli-
ciousness. Who isn't crazy about this
delectable treat?
If you're a chocolate lover, it's one
thing to buy candy from a chocolate
shop. And it's quite another thing
when that candy store is also a cafe
that sells regular food primarily
infused with chocolate.
Carol Sirard had a chocolate shop
on South Tamiami Trail in Sara-
sota fora long time, and she had
about 30 years of experience in the
restaurant business. In her mind, it
was a logical progression to open up
a Chocolate Cafe last October.
The cafe menu, which Sirard said
had been in her head for years, is a
chocoholic's heaven. Almost every-
thing on it has some form of cocoa
included in the recipe.
"We have a chocolate chili that's
made with dark Dutch cocoa:'she
said. "It gives it a creamy, velvety
texture."
The cafe has already been
enjoying a brisk breakfast and lunch
crowd, and with some of the dishes
that are being served, that should
come as no surprise.

"One of the most popular things
on our menu is our cocoa-cured
bacon and ham we use for our BLTs
and sandwiches,"Sirard said."We
also have a signature salad that has
our cocoa vinaigrette, which we will
start bottling in the spring."
Every morning at Sirard's, there
is a pastry chef who comes in and
makes an array of handmade scones
and pastries. Those are available all
day long, as well as their homemade
quiches.
For lunch, you can choose from a
variety of light fare with a twist, like
an apple and brie panini, with a side
of fresh fruit with chocolate dipping
sauce, ora seared chicken breast
wrap that includes cocoa rubbed
chicken breast and chocolate Wasabi
mayonnaise.
One area of the cafe still includes
Sirard's signature chocolates, all
made by hand. Sirard says she even
has something new in the works
that will be unveiled later this year.
"We're working on a new type of
candy that's coated in chocolate:'
she said."We built a machine just to
make this candy. No one else makes
it, so no one else will have it."
Sirard offers full catering for

off-site events, which would include
anything on her menu, as well as
homemade pies, chocolate souffles
and chocolate treats of all kinds.
"We also do a lot of in-house
parties,"she said."We have cupcake
decorating parties and chocolate-
making classes, where we make
things like dipped pretzels."
With all the space inside the cafe,
it's a perfect place for events like
wine tasting, girls nights out and
parties of all kinds. After all, if there
was ever an excuse to have a party,
it's chocolate. And what betterway
to incorporate it, than in food?
"The cafe is just an all-around
excellent place to have lunch,"Sirard
said. "There is really something for
everyone.
Sirard's Chocolate Cafe is at
5170 Palmer Plaza Blvd., which is
in the Clark-Honore Publix Shop-
ping Center in Sarasota. It is open
Monday through Saturday, from
9 a.m. to 6 p.m., and lunch is served
from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. For more
information about upcoming events
and catering information for the
cafe, visit the Facebook page or the
website at www.sirardschocolate.
com, or call 941-923-2462.

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Chef Lynn Carpenter uses a
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everything she prepares at
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Father's Day dinner

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The Cultural Center of Charlotte
County will be holding a special
Father's Day dinner on Sunday in the
Midtown Deli Cafe from 11 a.m. to
2 p.m.
Featured will be Chef Wayne's BBQ
Ribs and BBQ Chicken, favorites sure to
please Dad and the family.
The menu includes the main entrees
listed above, plus potato salad, corn
on the cob, macaroni and cheese and

apple pie ala mode for dessert. Coffee
and iced tea are included as well. Beer,
wine and soft drinks are available.
The cost is $9.95 for adults, $5 for
children 10 years old and younger.
Advance tickets may be purchased at
the Cultural Center Information Desk
or the Theater Box Office. Tickets may
also be purchased by phone; contact
the Cultural Center at 941-625-4175.
Tickets may now be purchased online
as well; visit their website at:
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10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Where: Along Miami Avenue, Venice Island.
Info: This is a free event. For more information, visit
the Venice MainStreet website at
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By DEBBIE FLESSNER
SUN CORRESPONDENT
Downtown Venice is the perfect place
for a craft show. Amongst the Mediter-
ranean architecture lies the perfect
setting for art, crafts and all things
creative.
Each June, for 21 years, the well-
established Downtown Venice Craft
Festival has been setting up along
Miami Avenue with dozens of artisans.
Since this event is held in the summer,
out of tourist season, it's one that is
especially popular among the locals.
"It's a good little festival we have
a lot of artists and crafters come in,"
said Kat Quast, executive director of
Venice MainStreet. "There will probably
be around a hundred crafters this year."
Venice hosts several annual art
festivals, but this craft festival is a little
different. For the most part, crafters
make homemade products, whether it's
embroidery, jewelry, quilts, pottery or
a myriad of other handcrafted items.
And Quast says that there is one other
important difference between a craft
festival and an art show.
"Art festivals are judged, so you get a
lot more professional artists that come
to those," she said. "Crafters come in
and sell their wares."
Not that crafters aren't also artists
- they are. By definition, a crafter is

a creator who is skilled in manual arts.
At this two-day festival, you will find
crafters on a local and national level
who will be both selling and creating
their handmade items on site. Folk art,
homemade soaps and body products,
pottery, and handmade jewelry and
clothing are just some of the creations
you'll find at the festival.
"It's a great opportunity to come
see the downtown area and our local
artists'" Quast said. "The crafters mostly
come from Sarasota County and the
surrounding areas."
Besides the variety of goods being
offered, one of the other great aspects
of a festival like this is the prices. You
will find unique treasures priced as low
as a few dollars, so it's a perfect place
to find a gift for someone or buy a
special treat for yourself.
Quast says that though Venice hosts
some much larger arts and crafts festi-
vals, this smaller, family-friendly one is
just the right size for drawing people to
the downtown area and giving them a
chance to experience all the island has
to offer. Even though there will be food
vendors on-site, all the restaurants and
bars will be open for business during
the event.
"This is just a lovely craft festival,"
Quast said. "It's a fun day to come out
and enjoy the crafters and downtown
Venice."

When Lemon Bay Playhouse director Bob LaSalle describes a play
as one of the funniest he has ever read, it must by funny. LaSalle,who
often portrays and directs comedic characters, believes that"Don't Cry
for Me Margaret Mitchell"is "truly an ensemble production where all
actors are integrated or equal"'
Written by the South Carolina mother/son team of Duke Ernsberger
and Virginia Cate, the play takes place when David Selznick, the
producer of the 1939 film of Margaret Mitchell's novel "Gone With the
Wind"sequesters his director, Victor Fleming, and screen writer, Ben
Hecht, for seven days and forces them to rewrite the original screenplay
in order to meet their deadline. The movie went on to become a huge
success, but nobody really knows whatwent on during that seven-day,
sleepless lockdown. Neither Fleming nor Hecht had read the book, and
playwrights Emsbergerand Cate could only imagine what ensued,
especiallywhen Selznick provided his captives with an odd diet of
coffee, bananas and peanuts.
Selznick's secretary, Miss Peabody, the only person familiarwith
the novel, assists as they struggle in the wacky process of acting out
scenes. Charlotte County Traffic Engineer, part-time restaurant cook
and amateur magician Gary Grossman plays the part of Ben Hecht
Grossman, who has always enjoyed "memory stuff"that included
memorizing state capitals and U.S. Presidents, began acting fouryears
ago. He performed in the Charlotte Players production of "The Nerd"

and recently starred in "Oh Mama, No Papa"and "Lend Me a Tenor."
Former college professor Steve Horowitz acts as Victor Fleming. Lemon
Bay Playhouse fans will remember him from "Enchanted April""Moon
Over Buffalo"or as crazy Jonathan Brewster in"Arsenicand Old Lace,"
but they may not recognize him without his beard in this role."This is
the funniest show ever" Horowitz said."The corset scene is hysterical
when Selznick and Fleming act out the Rhett, Ashley and Prissy parts in
order to understand the story."
Nick Nichols, who recently portrayed Unde Henri in his favorite
Christmas Play"My Three Angelshas been acting since 2001. He
starred in the two-man play,"Rounding Third"at Royal Palm Playhouse
and in many productions at Lemon Bay Playhouse induding"The
Foreigner"and"ATripto Bountiful.""l love Lemon Bay Playhouse"'
said Nichols,who enjoys"seeing the faces of the audience in a smaller
theater'
Those who saw Ruth Shaulis in the role of ex-chorus girl Billie
Dawn in the Lemon Bay Playhouse production of"Born Yesterday"
won't recognize her as Selznick's prim executive secretary."My voice
is mostly projected from backstage during this play"she explained,
"but I have lots of fun performing a scene where I mimic my boss
interacting with the clueless writers."Lemon Bay Playhouse is
located at 96 W. Dearborn St., Englewood. The show runs for four
weeks starting on June 12 and ending June 30. Curtain times are
7:30 p.m. on week nights and 2 p.m. for Sun. matinees. Reserve
tickets for"Don't Cry for Me Margaret Mitchell"at 941-475-6756 or
www.lemonbayplayhouse.com.

By KIM COOL
FEATURES EDITOR
Tampa Theatre just received another
accolade.
The Motion Picture Association of America
recently put the theater on its list of the Ten
Best Movie Theaters in the World. Only one
other movie theater in North America -
the State Theater in Traverse City, Mich. -
made the list.
Built in 1926, the theater almost
succumbed to the wrecking ball in the'70s.
Theater patrons and the City of Tampa
intervened to save the theater which was
named to the National Register of Historic
Places in 1978. Not only was it saved but it
was returned to its former grandeur. While
the city helped financially, the Arts Council
of Hillsborough County took over manage-
ment of events at the theater.
Theater architect John Eberson of Chicago
was responsible for the design and construc-
tion of more than 100 theaters during a
career spanning some 35 years. According to
a release from the theater, Eberson was best
known for his"atmospheric movie palaces."
The interior of the Tampa Theatre was
designed to give patrons the feel of being
within an outdoor courtyard somewhere in
the Mediterranean. The design even proved
to be a favorite of the architect.
The Tampa Theatre began as"a silent
movie house and the first public building
in Tampa to feature'man-made air condi-

tioning.'"
These days the theater is home to more
than 600 events annually, ranging from
films and other entertainment and social
events to visits by paranormal groups.
Said to be haunted by the ghost of former
projectionist Foster Finley, the theater is
featured on ghost tours in Tampa and has
been included in books featuring ghost
stories of the area.
Other accolades include being listed on
TripAdvisor.com as Tampa's number one
attraction and as one of"America's 21
Wonders" by Life Magazine. This information
was included in the same release mentioned
above.
Motion Picture Association of America
criteria used to select the top 10 theaters
included "their diversity of spirit, location
and architecture."The list was first published
on TheCredits.org, MPAA's news site.
The remaining eight theaters on the list
are all in Europe, Asia and Australia. They
are: Archipelago Cinema in Thailand; the
Busan Cinema Center in South Korea; Cine
32 in Auch, France; Cinematheque Fran-
caise in Paris, France; Cine Thisio in Athens,
Greece; Matadero Cineteca in Madrid, Spain;
the Raj MandirTheatre in Jaipur, India;
and the Sun Pictures Cinema in Broome,
Australia.
For more information about the theater
and its varied offerings, visit:
TampaTheatre.org.
Email: kcool@venicegondolier.com

Military museums can be found in almost
every corner of Florida. One of the best and
certainly one of the smallest, The Military
Heritage Museum Inc., can be found at
Fishermens'Village in Punta Gorda.
Like many specialty museums, this one
began with private collections. It has been
expanding ever since. The next expansion
will be later this year when the museum
will gain second floor library space at
its present 2,500-square foot location.
It moved from Fishermen's Village for a
time after Hurricane Charley which caused
quite a bit of damage in the Punta Gorda
area and to Fishermen's Village itself. The
museum returned to its present and larger
quarters in 2007.
Despite that stormy setback, the
museum, which dates back only to 2001,
displays thousands of items representative
of nearly every war and every branch of
the military. The official opening date was
Dec. 7, in honor of Pearl Harbor, although
the museum's doors were open in time for
Veteran's Day that year.
Some 50,000 visitors per year find their
way to the museum.
According to its website, "The mission
of the Military Heritage Museum is to
promote an understanding and respect
for the rich military heritage of the United
States and the sacrifices made by our
country's veterans, living and dead, empha-
sizing that freedom is not free."
With items such as a bamboo cage in

which prisoners of war were kept by the
Viet Cong during the Vietnam war era, an
extensive photo collection, uniforms from
all the services and so much more, the
museum easily adheres to its mission.
The museum's Wall of Warriors honors
area residents who had distinctive careers
in the military.
The late Air Force Brigadier General Paul
Warfield, the pilot of the Enola Gay, which
dropped the first atomic bomb on Japan to
force the end of World War II in the Pacific,
was the museum's first honorary chairman.
Kim Lovejoy, MSgt, U.S. Air Force Retired
Reserve, is the museum's executive director.
Before retiring in 2009, she served two
tours in the Middle East in support of
Operations Enduring and Iraqi Freedom.
The Military Heritage Museum Inc.
is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday
through Saturday, and from noon to
5 p.m. on Sunday. It is closed on Easter,
Thanksgiving and Christmas. Admission
is free although donations are welcome.
The museum's address is 1200 West Retta
Esplanade, Unit 48, Punta Gorda. Use the
ZIP Code of 33950 as needed for your GPS
device.
For information, call 941-575-9002 or
visit: FreedomlsntFree.org.

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mr- Anni Piper, Australia's First Lady of
Blues currently enjoying success with her
chart-topping collaboration with Nicole Hart, Split Second
(Blues Leaf Records), launches her 2013 U.S./Canadian tour
with a show locally at Gatorz Bar and Grill, 3818 Tamiami
Trail, Port Charlotte, at 6 p.m., on Tuesday.
Piper first started playing electric guitar at age 12,
but switched to bass at age 14. In 2004 Anni released
an album entitled "Jailbait" in her native Australia, for
which she won best new talent at the 2005 Austra-
lian Blues Music Awards. Subsequent album releases
include 2007's "Texas Hold'Em," 2010's "Chasin'Tail"
(released by Blues Leaf) and her newest, 2013's
"Split Second." Blues Leaf also released "Two's
Company,"a compilation from two of her Austra-
lian releases. Throughout her burgeoning career,
Piper's charismatic stage presence and sultry vocals
have garnered her both great reviews and multiple music
industry awards nominations.
Released earlier this year, "Split Second" continues to
receive extensive international radio airplay (including
charting on Living Blues) and was a recent"Pick to Click"
on SiriusXM's popular Bluesville show while earning
terrific reviews from music critics everywhere. Dr. Blues
writes, "When two hot mama blues divas get it together,
you can assure that fireworks are in store. Piper and Hart
lead and follow, harmonize and highlight each other like
sisters from another mother while the band provides all
the heat needed to keep things at a
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If you're old enough to remember'50s music,
or if you're young and want to learn about
the fabulous'50s, you'll be happy to hear that
The Boomers are back. Two appearances are
scheduled for this weekend. They'll be playing
at Pineapples on Venice Island on Friday where
fans are invited to jitterbug, stroll or just sing
along. On Saturday, The Boomers are returning
with "More Music and Memories"at the Venice
Theater, 140 W. Tampa Ave., where they'll
be featuring their favorite doo- wop songs
including "Little Star,"'Little Darlin"'and others
made popular by Dion and Dell Shannon.
The Boomers-brothers Keith and Bruce
McLendon and their friend, Ken Kaplan, grew
up together in Silver Springs, Md., a suburb of
Washington D.C., during the'50s. According to
Kaplan, they hung out every day, played sports,
double-dated, and started a band together
with Keith playing guitar, Bruce, the keyboard
and synthesizer, and Ken, the sax.
"Although we performed and sang together
for 35 years in the D.C. area, we never played
'50s music exclusively," Kaplan explained."We
started out as a rock band playing the college
circuit. After college (University of Maryland)
when we had'real jobs'we went to part time,
wearing tuxedos for weddings, embassies,
and private parties and playing the traditional
tunes: 'Misty,"Sunrise/Sunset'or'We've Only
Just Begun:'It wasn't until our Florida reunion
in 2011 when Keith's wife Mama thought we
should get together and play at local restau-
rants or private parties that we decided to
perform as The Boomers."
They began by playing at a friend's party,
then the Venice Golf and Country Club, the
Pelican Pointe Country Club, the Saltwater
Cafe, Allegro Bistro, and finally Pineapples
Island Grille in Venice where owner Tom Carney
couldn't be happier with his customers'enthu-
siastic responses. Finding a way to rehearse has
been challenging forThe Boomers as all three
live in different states. Ken Kaplan, a retired
supervisor for Adult Protective Services, lives
in Venice; Keith McLendon, a retired attorney,
in Scottsdale, Ariz..; and his brother Bruce, an
Information Technologist, in Kensington, Md.
They rehearse on their own, and since January,
meet twice a week on Skype where they go
over harmonies. "Having 35 years of experience
helps a lot,"said Kaplan."The music from that
period seems innocent today, but listening to
familiar tunes helps us remember how great it
was to grow up in the'50s."
The Boomers are performing from
730-11:30 p.m. on Friday at Pineapples Island
Grille, 133 S. Tamiami Trail in Venice. Call 941-445-
5066 for reservations. The Venice Theater concert
will take place at8 p.m. on Saturday. Tickets
are $20. Reserved seats can be purchased at
VeniceStage.com orcall 941-488-1115. Proceeds
will benefit scholarships forarea youth.

The string trio, guitar, fiddle and bass,
combined with its three-part harmonies have
audiences looking for backup tracks. But the
Seamus McCarthy band plays live music and fills
up a song with bright and energetic sounds you
can sing and dance to. Playing everything from
Johnny Cash to Sublime, and Bob Dylan to Bob
Marley, every show gives a unique and memo-
rable twist to the band's covers and originals.
"Our original songs contain a vast arrange-
ment of styles and lyrics, everything from road
trips to head trips"Seamus said."We have been
blessed with a huge amount of stage time
between the three of us."
Seamus moved from Miami to Englewood
in 1998,and played football and tennis for
Lemon Bay High School. He also played guitar
in a local alternative rock band. While attending
Heidelberg University in Tiffin, Ohio, Seamus
fell in love with the live music scene playing
guitarwith pick-up bands and open mics. In
2005 after college, he fled the cold weather
and came back to Englewood. He formed the
trio with his father, Jimmy and David Buescher,
already established live and studio musicians in
the area.
"My dad is probably considered a country
artist, but expect almost anything to pop up on
his CDs,"Seamus said."He is a true Irishman so
you will hear a little of the Celtic touch in some
songs."
Jimmy has been playing guitar since age 13,
and has worked in the musical industry ever
since. He has written and produced seven CDs,
and has performed live in and around South
Florida and road trips up north. Jimmy's music
has always appealed to all ages.
Originally from Cleveland, Ohio, Jimmy

played in many rock bands such as"The
Outsiders"and "Climax," popular groups in
the'60s. He moved to Miami and played with
several bands before moving to Englewood
where he owns a small recording studio.
Buescher and Jimmy met at the studio, and
have been friends and band mates ever since.
The McCarthy's describe Buescher as "a six foot,
five inches of fiddle fire"who took violin lessons
for one year while in the fifth grade. He quit
because he was caught using his violin case as a
sled in his native Minneapolis, Minn.
Buescher started playing the fiddle again
at age 23, utilizing his musical talent inherited
from his father and grandfatherwho were
fiddlers. For over 30 years, Buescher has been
involved in self-study of several types of music.
He has played for local contra dances, and Celtic,
bluegrass, folk and jazz bands. As a graphic
artist, Buescher has produced CD cover designs
and is a DVD authoring wiz.
"David is an intuitive musician with near
perfect pitch who likes to weave interesting
harmonies and counter melodies on his fiddle,
as well as vocal harmony,"Seamus said.
"He pretty much plays anything that has
strings on it."
Some of the local venues the band performs
are Zeke's Bayside Grille, Stump Pass Grille and
Tiki Bar,and Farlow's on the Water in Engle-
wood, and Tap & Cork and British Open Pub in
Venice. The band also plays at local festivals,
and is available for private parties.
The band members claim that"no matter
how big or small the venue, the band is always
looking fora new adventure as long as there
are people to listen."
Check out the band's gig calendar on Face-
book, at www.erinrye.com orwww.reverbna
tion.com/seamusmccarthyband. For bookings,
call 941-661-8538 or941-504-0991.

Top of Billboard Chart on June 12
'60s
1960 Cathy's Clown" by the Everly Brothers
1967 "Respect" by Aretha Franklin
'70s
1974 "Band on the Run" by Paul McCartney & Wings
1978 "You're the One That I Want" by John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John
'80s
1984 "Time After Time" by Cindi Lauper
1988 "One More Try" by George Michael
Rockin' the Heartland
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame & Museum, in Cleveland, contains an exhibit called "Kick
Out the Jams: The Music of the Midwest.' After all, it was Cleveland disc jockey Alan Freed
who played rhythm and blues and coined the term "rock'n'roll"way back in 1951. A tour
of the Midwest and their better-known rock/pop players includes these: Illinois can boast
Styx, REO Speedwagon, Cheap Trick, The Buckinghams, New Colony Six, The Impressions,
Chi-Lites, Staple Singers, Cryan'Shames, Chicago, Survivor, John Prine, Steve Goodman
and Dan Fogelberg. Next door neighbor Indiana is home to John Mellencamp, Michael
Jackson, Axl Rose and David Lee Roth.
Further north, singer Al Jarreau and guitar inventor Les Paul were from Wisconsin while
Minnesota has bragging rights to legends Bob Dylan and Prince. Michigan is famous for its
Motown soul legacy of The Temptations, Supremes, Stevie Wonder and many more. But
it's also the rock home of Del Shannon, Bob Seger, Alice Cooper, Mitch Ryder& the Detroit
Wheels, Ted Nugent, Iggy Pop, Madonna, MC5 and Grand Funk Railroad. Ohio natives
include Chrissie Hynde, The Isley Brothers, Boz Skaggs and Devo. Kansas, of course, offers
the band Kansas as well as Melissa Etheridge while Missouri was home to the one and
only Chuck Berry.

Last week, this musical trivia question was asked: Who is the'60s female pop singer
whose first album contained all songs about crying, including "It's My Party"and "Judy's
Turn to Cry?"
Answer: Lesley Gore. The first reader to get it right was
Gary Thomas of Port Charlotte.
This Week's Question: Singer/songwriter/drummer Phil Collins had many hit songs in
the 1980s, including seven number one singles. What is the name of the successful British
rock band where he got his start?
If you think you have the right answer, email it to upbeat@sun-herald.com no later than
noon this Friday, and we'll publish your name as the winner with the correct answer in next
week's issue of Let's Go! Please include your name and city.

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dads in Port Charlotte
Being a parent pretty much
guarantees many instances of
sacrifice and compromise dur-
ing those 18 long years (that go by
so quickly!) of raising a child. At first,
parents learn to live without sleep, and
sometimes showering, during those
first few weeks. Quality time quickly
disappears as you measure baby's
progress in the tiniest of smiles, steps
and stumbles.
Dads certainly have their share of
work cut out for them work, come
home and help with the kids, fix
things, fix things again, kill nasty bugs,
maybe fit in a game here and there ...
Once a year, amidst all those days
packed with an endless list of "honey-
do" items, we stop and take a minute
to thank dads for all the hard work and
sacrifice they put into raising happy,
healthy kids.
Sometimes, it means giving up the
chance to finally have "the good life"
and a little bit of well-earned luxury.
Sometimes, it means waking up to
confront another day of hardship
and loss, and making the best of it so
that you can somehow make a better
life for your kids, and show them by
example what it means to persevere
despite heart- and back-breaking
circumstances.
We feature two dads in this week's
Port Charlotte Herald one who
traded in a chance for a cushy retire-
ment for a second chance to be a
parent for children who desperately
needed him and one who had the
American Dream, lost it, and is work-
ing to rebuild it again.
Both dads are heroes. And so are
all the other Port Charlotte dads who
wake up in the morning, put one foot
in front of the other, and quietly work
to make the best home possible for
their families. Here's hoping your day
is filled with comfy slippers, breakfast
in bed, a remote with fresh batteries,
and a honey-do list that has zero items
on it at least for one day.
Happy Father's Day.

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Knapps double the size of theirfamily with adoption
By STEVE KNAPP
HERALD CORRESPONDENT
Editor's Note: The following column is
a first-person story about Sun correspon-
dent Steve Knapp and the decision he
and his wife, Marianne, made to adopt
two African-American children while the
couple approached retirement.
I remember in 1998, when my wife
Marianne said, "This big house is so
quiet, I'd like to hear the sound of little
footsteps in here."
My response was, "Get a dog."
She got a dog, and a couple of weeks
later made the same statement.
My response was, "They got any more
dogs at the kennel?"
I knew what she was thinking about. I
had two daughters who were 17 and 13
from a previous marriage, and she never
had any children in her first marriage.
I knew how much joy and fun it was to
.-have kids, and she was having feelings of
missing out on that same happiness that
I had.
I had less than a year before I could re-
PHOTO PROVIDED BY STEVE KNAPP tire from General Motors and was on the
After Toya's photo shoot at Fort Myers beach, the Knapp family posed for a family photo. From fast track to living the good life like her
the top is Nikki, Marianne, Steve and Toya. KNAPP 18

LOOKING FORWARD TO A BETTER LIFE

A Father's Day wish of

a homeless single dad
By DELORES SAVAS
HERALD CORRESPONDENT
There are many stories of single
homeless women struggling to make
ends meet, but very few of single home-
less dads.
Paul Cross, a father of two, is one of
the many growing numbers of home-
less single dads in the area who are
going through the same hardships.
Cross, 46, once owned his own house,
had a thriving landscaping business,
and was married with two children
when the bottom fell out of his life.
Cross said, "I had some hard hits, I
went through a turbulent and emotion-
al divorce, had many financial difficul-
ties, lost my business and my home,
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Port Charlotte High School student Parker Cross with his dad, Paul. Paul is struggling to rebuild
his life after a series of devastating events which ultimately left him homeless. He looks
forward to recreating the secure home life he and his family once enjoyed.

After six years of helping my first
husband build a 35-foot-x-20-
oot Piver designed Trimaran, I
began to keep a monthly log of money
spent in needed accessories for the
boat: Compass, barometer, charts, life
jackets, and, of course, many stainless
steel items.
In Miami back then, there were
no marine consignment places, so
everything we bought had to be new.
Thank heaven, John worked for Merrill
Stevens Boat Yard, so we were fortu-
nate enough to be able to get a small
discount at various stores.
So imagine my surprise a few weeks
ago to see Mariners Trading Company,
a marine consignment shop, right here
in Port Charlotte! Of course I imme-
diately stopped in. And my gosh, the
shop is fantastic. The problem is that
I could spend all day there. The place
has an extensive, eclectic inventory of
anchors, radar equipment, navigational
equipment, paintings, books, fishing
boats, scuba and diving gear any-
thing pre-owned relating to nautical
items.
They even have Parker, a big adorable

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fluffy dog, who greets you at the door.
Owners Diana and Jeremiah Casey
conceived the idea of a nautical con-
signment shop after spending several
years living aboard a 40-foot trawler,
and then several more years aboard a
34-foot Albin. Diana grew up on Pine
Island, as her father was a fisherman,
and owned "Holliday and Tackle," a bait
and tackle shop. Jeremiah, also known
as Casey, has a captain's license. As
boating and water have always been a
part of their lives, you might say that
wind, water and boats are in their
blood and helped in the decision to
start the business.
After four years of successfully
running Mariners Trading in Punta
Gorda, they decided to move to Port
Charlotte, as Diana had found a great

Mariners Trading Company, located at 3622 Tamiami Trail in Port Charlotte, has been at its
current location for the past two years.

building for sale that would hold all
of their consignments, which by the
way, has no time limit on how long the
merchandise stays in the shop.
The Caseys employ John Levins,
who was a custom yacht builder and
extremely knowledgeable in all things
maritime.
You don't have to be a boater to

enjoy, and purchase, the endless
bounty displayed at Mariners Trading
Company, 3622 Tamiami Trail, Port
Charlotte, just south of the Brown Cow
before Easy Street. Hours of opera-
tion are from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday
through Saturday. For more informa-
tion, call 941-629-1341. Browsers
welcome!

At Mariners Trading Company, you can find unique items like the hammerhead shark that greets
customers as they arrive. The shark is made from many different things bolts, chains and even
a master lock.

Outside, Dianna Casey is building a mock dock around the store to display merchandise. There are
a number of small boats that are on consignment out there that can be seen from Tamiami Trail
and the access road.
cooo

Dianna Casey stands behind one of the counters at Mariners Trading Company amidst a few of
the close to 10,000 items that the store has to offer.
Mariners Trading Company's summer hours are 9 a.m.
to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and is closed
Sunday and Monday. For more information, call
941-629-1341. Consignments are accepted, and up to
$150 it is a 50/50 split. Over $150 it is a 60/40 split.

"Toxicr Ballet I students rehearse theirfinal pose for their number "Once Upon a Dream:'

Seniors Hannah Harrison of North Port High Sehool
and Hannah Knoke of Edison collegiatee High Srhool
will be dancing the roles of the Fairy Godmothers Kaitlyn Wells, 7, rehearses for her ballet performance in the Tuesday "Lights," a'darkside' lyrical number, will feature Alexandra Kontos, 17,
in a contemporary routine "Gift of Love.' evening show. and Heather Daniele, 18.

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financially and emotionally prepared
for a natural disaster? The answer is no.
We also cannot begin to understand how the
victims of Oklahoma feel, unless we've expe-
rienced the exact same situation.
There is, however, a certain amount of frus-
tration that could be avoided with a minimal
amount of preparation, should you be caught
up in a similar situation.
Keeping your information offsite is an an-
swer to having the ability to access important
information that would otherwise be lost.
What if these victims could make one phone
call to a friend or relative in another location
and immediately have their insurance agent's
number, policy, medical records, and every
other bit of information they would need
to regain control of their otherwise chaotic
situation?
Collectify Home Inventory is software that
can meet that need by allowing you to store
pictures and descriptions of every item in
your home, which can be shared with your
insurance company to replace your contents.
Features such as drag and drop allow you an
unlimited number of photos, videos and even
audio clips added directly under each inven-
tory item. No doubt this is a large investment
of time taking pictures and inventory of
everything in your home, but it will be a
godsend should you ever need it.
Their website, www.Collectify.com, also
offers a special pet section and a compre-
hensive contacts area to keep track of other
important numbers you'll need. They offer a
trial version so you can see how it works, and
several video tutorial demos as well.
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n May 24, Charlotte Academy
in Port Charlotte said goodbye
to one of its longtime teachers,
Anne Schofield-Miller.
Schofield-Miller was the first teacher
hired at Charlotte Academy 17 years
ago; she has served as a Montessori
pre-primary lead teacher and the
Montessori coordinator. She has been
at Charlotte Academy since the school
opened in 1996 with 40 students and
two preschool classrooms. Charlotte
Academy is now on a 10-acre campus

with two academic buildings, grades
pre-K through eighth, and 150 students
and more than 60 alumni.
About 400 children came through
her classroom during the past 17 years.
Schofield-Miller trained two assistants
who became certified Montessori lead
teachers.
Her energy, enthusiasm and genuine
unconditional love for the children was
both contagious to all those around her,
and the core of the Charlotte Academy
spirit.

Dance around the world this Saturday with A Better Place
HERALD FILE PHOTO
BY TAMI GARCIA
Many dancers were featured
during A Better Place Dance and
Fitness Studio's jazz dance routine
to "Funky Town" during last year's
recital at North Port Performing
Arts Center. This year, A Better
)A Place Dance and Fitness Studio's
6th Anniversary Recital,"Dancing
Around the World!" will be onstage
Saturday also at the North Port
High School Performing Arts Center.
There will be a matinee at 2 p.m.
and an evening show at 6 p.m.
Tickets are on sale now at A Better
Place Dance and Fitness Studio,
2530 Bobcat Village Center Road,
in North Port. Cost is $10 for the
matinee and $12 for the evening.
Tickets will also be available the day
of the show at $12 for the matinee
and $15 for the evening. For more
information, call 941-429-6700.

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Wednesday, June 12,2013 '1. iI, .,i., June 12,2013

SINGLE: Man loses everything, but still dreams of providing better life for his oldest son

FROM PAGE 1

loss of a deposit that was not returned
to me, my parents died six months
apart and due to my wife walking away
from my older son, Parker, 13, two
years ago, while keeping the youngest
child, I found myself a single dad. And
very soon I was a homeless single dad.
We stayed at various motels in the
area, but after a short time when all
funds ran out we found our way to the
Charlotte County Homeless Coalition."
"While the people are very kind
and helpful, and I am happy with the
accommodations, I never imagined
myself living in a homeless shelter. My
son lived at the shelter with me for a
month when friends of mine offered
to let him live with them. I let him stay
with them to give him a more secure
home."
"I have been here for two months
and I am worried because you're only
allowed to stay 60 days. I was given an

extra couple weeks but that will end
soon. I never thought I would be a
homeless person. I always would give
money to any homeless person that I
could. I use to donate my landscap-
ing business services to the Homeless
Coalition. Now, I am homeless," Paul
said.
"Right now I work when the weather
is good for Dr. Asphalt and Seal
Coating Company. I want to be able to
rent my own home and make it a se-
cure place for my son. But it is almost
impossible to save a deposit, first and
last month's rent plus light and phone
security deposits. Because I am also
paying child support payments on both
of my children it is hard to save funds
to get back on my feet," Cross said.
Parker sat next to his dad and it was
obvious that there was a special bond
between them. Paul said he remem-
bered when recently his son needed a
special shirt for a dance. He went out
to his 1991 truck that he managed to

get to help him get back and forth to
work and looked for change to help
get his son a shirt.
"I went without things to get him
what he needed." With tears in his
eyes Cross said, "I feel like I am a
failure because I cannot provide for
my son."
Parker, who recently made the foot-
ball team as a fullback and possibly a
quarterback player at Port Charlotte
High School and also has great grades
said, "My dad is the greatest; he is
working hard to change the situation,
he is doing the best he can."
Parker will need extra money for
special football shoes and uniforms
for this coming football season.
Paul said, "Children should not be
deprived of things that will make their
lives better and I will do the best I can
on getting these items."
Alecia Cunningham, Senior Case
Manager at the Charlotte Homeless
Coalition said, "Paul is awesome. He

went to work right away trying to
make a better life for his son. He is
very motivated. Dads like Paul give us
hope. He is inspiring and changes the
perception of "deadbeat dads."
Cunningham said, "We have had
a lot more single fathers coming
through our doors recently, as many as
six to eight a month. Last year, we did
not have any. The mothers are either
into drug use, have other problems or
they just disappear."
While Paul continues to hope for
better days ahead, he asks that people
do not look down on the homeless.
"You don't know what they have
been through and how hard it is to
get back on your feet. Who will hire
a homeless person who has no place
of residence, no phone, no decent
clothes? It is a sad situation."
This Father's Day, it is obvious that
Parker does not think his father is a
failure. He paid him the special compli-
ment by saying his father was "great."

United Methodist Church hands out VPK diplomas

KNAPP: Dad trades'good life' for an even better one with adoption of Detroit siblings

FROM PAGE 1
parents. They owned a high-rise condo
on the Gulf of Mexico in Naples and
summered at their cottage in Northern
Michigan. They drove a new Cadillac
and ate at the finest restaurants in
town. They went on vacations wherever
and whenever they desired to go.
That good life was calling my name, too.
Marianne told me about some
adoption classes that we should sign
up for. That's when I decided to put my
foot down and show her who wore the
pants in the family.
The next week we were in the classes.
After completing the classes, an
adoption agency in Detroit told us
about two little girls who had just
entered the system.
"Two, I thought, why get greedy, isn't
one enough?"
They were found living upstairs in a
crack house that the police had raided
in the inner city. They had been there
for four days with broken windows
and rats and bugs crawling all over
the floor. The nights got cold as the
wind whistled in their room while their
mother was gone for four days. Their
only food was a cereal box poured out
onto a newspaper. They were just 3 and
4 years old and had been left in the
care of their 5-year-old sister, as were
their 1- and 2-year-old brothers.
They had to be separated because no
foster parents were willing to take them
both. We set up a meeting with them.
We visited them for a couple of week-
ends in Detroit and they spent a couple
of weekends with us in Grand Rapids.
Then the agency said we had to decide
if we wanted them so they could look
for another family if we didn't bring
them into our home.
They were a little rough around the
edges. Could we be the kind of parents
they needed? I was nearly 49. How
could I physically keep up with them?
My daughter Toya once said, "You've
got to admit, we've put a little pep in
your step."
There was a week of deep thought
and conversation as we tried to make
a decision. Marianne knew right away
what to do, but I still had the idea of
that good life in my mind.
The adoption agency needed to know
of our decision first thing Monday
morning after a weekend visit. On
Sunday night I went to the grocery
store. For some reason I took a short
cut through the toy department. My
head turned to the right and my eyes
locked in on a baby doll with blue and
clear beads in her hair. They were the
same as the ones that one of the little
girls was wearing.
When I got home that night, we
made our decision. And it was the best

PHOTO PROVIDED BY STEVE KNAPP

Nikki, on the left, and Toya Knapp pose for Easter photos while wearing their Sunday best.

decision of our lives.
When the process was completed,
Charminique (Nikki) was 5 and
Chantoya (Toya) was just 4. I can't say it
has always been rainbows and lollipops
with them. We have had our times like
every parent has had.
If an adult were to see a 30-minute
movie showing them all the problems,
disappointments and troubles a child
would bring into their lives, very few
would have kids. If you were to see a
movie of all the joy, excitement, laugh-
ter and satisfaction that kids bring into
our lives, that movie never ends.
Over time, the girls would tell us
about some of the things they had
seen while living in downtown Detroit.
They found a dead man in a basement.
For three days, the neighborhood kids
would go down there and poke him
with sticks to wake him up. They saw
a thief crawl through their window at
night and rob the people they were

staying with. Some of their childhood
friends are now dead. The other stories
are too horrific to tell.
One day the girls asked us, "Is today
the day we eat?" They weren't used to
eating every day. We went to a Sunday
buffet and they ate one plate of fruit. I
told them they could go back for more
if they were still hungry. Their response
was, "That's OK, we don't want to cost
you too much money."
Just like any sports team, kids need
hope. They need hope that they can
reach their full potential and that
somebody would always be there for
them, to love them and care for them.
These girls have that.
They have had every opportunity to
discover themselves. They have taken
singing, dancing, acting, guitar and
piano lessons. They have participated
in basketball, baseball, BMX biking,
martial arts and any other sport that
held their interest.

Something that is interesting to
some people is the fact that the girls
are African American. I never knew any
African American person until I started
working at GM at the age of 20.
Marianne and I are color blind. All
we saw were two scared and lonely
children who had been dealt a bad
hand in life. We wanted to be the ones
they could count on and call "Mom"
and "Dad."
I've been asked if I knew they were
black when we got them, and I replied,
"They're black? The adoption agency
told me they just had a deep tan."
Race has never been an issue. We
joke about it. If we tell them they can't
go to the mall or to someone's house,
the look at us and say, "Is it because I'm
black?"
Nikki, now 19, has her own apart-
ment. She recently started a job at
McDonald's. Toya is in her senior
year at Charlotte High School and is a
member of the weight lifting and track
teams. She also is involved with drama.
She wants to work in the modeling field
and is working for a modeling agency
now. She has shot television and print
commercials, and both girls have blos-
somed into fine young ladies.
The message Nikki gave to Marianne
on Mother's Day went like this. "We
met when I was 5 years old and you
took me under your wing. You encour-
aged me to do good every chance
you got. We have laughed together,
cried together and more. Without you,
Mommy, Lord knows where I'd be. You
saved me from a broken home and
raised me in a loving one. You took
on God's task of adopting two black
little girls and raised us as your own.
God will forever bless you, and we will
forever thank you."
So whatever happened to that good
life that I dreamed of?
I don't live on the Gulf, but from
my upstairs window I can see my
neighbor's pond. We still vacation
every summer at that family cottage
in Northern Michigan. I don't drive
a new Cadillac, but my 10-year-old
van with 150,000 miles on it gets me
everywhere I need to go and more
importantly it gets me back. We
don't eat at the best restaurants in
town, but if you saw me you would
know that I haven't missed any meals.
As far as vacations, we have been over
much of the United States. Our best
memories were two years ago when
we went to Europe and visited cities
like Paris, Berlin and Vienna.
My daughters have had everything
any other child has had.
It's true that I'm not living the good
life. But what we have is the better life.
Truly, it was the best decision we ever
made.

HERALD PHOTO BY BETSY WILLIAMS
Close to 60 VPK students who attended preschool at Port Charlotte United Methodist Church
participated in their graduation ceremony held May 22 starting with an opening prayer by Pastor Sophia Ramirez, Jermaiyah Cunningham, Shane Symonette and Jimesha Laws were the last of
Brian James. Here, Isabella Smith receives her diploma from director Erika Brown. the students to receive their VPK diplomas.

One of the first to receive her diploma, James Yamashita during the gators and
McKenzie Smoak waits patiently while her Kylie Holstine, with her diploma in hand, takes monkeys song that the VPK graduates
classmates receive theirs. a seat with her classmates. Nathaniel Weber sings along with his classmates, performed.

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Rainbow's End graduates VPK class of 2013

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Close to 40 VPK students graduated from the Rainbow's End Preschool 24th Annual Graduation Ceremony held May 21 at the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Port Charlotte.

Rileigh Mellott
sings the alphabet
song performed
after the gradua-
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RIGHT:
Receiving the
tittle of "Most
Dramatic,"
Aaron Smith
accepts his
diploma, then
waves to the
audience.

Jameson Courtois, Mackenzie Nazario, Brandt Arthur, and Rowan Andrews wait at the door to
the church where they would proceed to the front for the 2013 Rainbow's End VPK Graduation
ceremony on May 21 held at the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Port Charlotte. Along with their
diploma, each student received a "best or most" title, before leaving the stage, only to return
dressed in their Sunday best to perform songs for the packed church.

Michael Torres was a little nervous as he waited Israel Browne raises his arm to emphasis his
for his name to be called. point during the song "Jesus Loves Me:'

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Educare graduates VPK students

The 2013 VPK Educare graduates sing the "ABCs' then turn their tassels at the Educare VPK
graduation ceremony held this year at the Cultural Center of Charlotte County.

Singing and acting out the "Tooty Ta"song is a tradition for the Educare VPK graduation ceremony. The
May 23 ceremony was no exception, as 20 graduates performed the song in front of family and friends
at the Cultural Center of Charlotte County before receiving their diplomas.

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skills you had before you started?
"No," Adams said. "I'd find what
I nedeed to know from the library,
searches online, and asking anyone
who would talk to me. My plan was
to fix up a house, sell it for a profit
and move on. With that in mind, my
first priority was curb appeal. People
driving by had to notice and take a
second look."
That was nine years ago. During
that time, Adams had to deal with
Hurricane Charley and a tornado.
But what she has today is a home
that meets her needs, is exciting and
unique.

Creating curb appeal
When she bought the house and
surveyed the front, Rhonna felt
two things had to change the
unsightly cement block wall behind

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Rhonna Adams relaxes on her patio with "trash to treasure" shutters behind her.

the patio and lack of a direct pathway
to the front door. The only way in
at that time was an indirect route
through the driveway.
So with sledge hammer in hand,
piece by piece, the cement block wall
came down.
Adams made a pathway from side-
walk to patio by digging up the grass,
laying down tar paper, covering it
with bricks and lining the edges with
river rock. She also outlined an area
on the front yard with discarded
cement edgings, again dug up grass,
planted trees and flowers and added
more river rock.
No weeding or mowing was
needed, and no great concern about
water, since almost all her plantings
are drought resistant.
"It makes life easier," Adams said.

This is the view from the street of the brick pathway, lined with cacti and other drought-resistant
plants.

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Talking baseball with former scout Don McAfee

The first time I met Don McAfee
was after helping a friend move.
We movers went to a local fast
food restaurant and McAfee was there.
I was introduced to McAfee as a friend
of the guy who was moving. He wore a
St. Louis Cardinal baseball hat, so we
started talking about baseball while
eating our burgers.
It's rare to find someone who knows
a lot about baseball from the "Golden
Age" of the 1950s and '60s. He talked
about the old timers and said that
pitchers rarely have an ERA of under
3.00 anymore.
I responded, "Unless you're Bob
Gibson with a 1.12."
He chimed in "In 1968!"
He passed the test! He knew baseball.
For more than an hour, we talked
baseball. We discovered that we both
were friends with Hall-of-Famer Warren
Spahn. Then the Spahn stories started,
which led to stories about other play-
ers. With my association with major
leaguers throughout my sports promo-
tion business career, I had heard a lot
of great stories. He added to my list.
We both attend First Alliance Church
and bumped into each other after a
service and decided to get together and
swap more stories. I wanted to know
more about his career as a scout.
We met at that same fast food
restaurant for another hour. While
his explanations of what a scout does
sometimes steered off into another
story, I did get an idea of what the life
of a baseball scout was like.
It was not a glamorous life like you
may see in the movies. It involved driv-
ing all over the country checking every
little podunk town to scout somebody
who was supposed to be the next Babe
Ruth. He has seen more games than he
can remember.
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arm out, so he decided to get into
scouting in 1971. He lived in Indiana
and started working for the St. Louis
Cardinals. He never signed any player.
A scout's job is to find a player and
recommend him to the head scout,
who signs him to a contract. He found
and recommended many players who
made it to the majors.
With so much data available on video
and the Internet, McAfee said the job of
a scout has changed so much. The one
thing that he and other scouts must
see that doesn't show up on video is a
player's heart.
"If they don't have the heart or drive
to become a major leaguer, it is likely
that the team will not invest their time
or money on them," McAfee said.
The 76-year-old McAfee lives in Port
Charlotte with Nancy, his wife of 36
years. He retired from scouting in 2001.
He still has an open phone line with
the owner of the Cardinals. He proudly
showed me a "get well" letter he
received from the owner when McAfee
had a heart operation a few years ago.
McAfee believes that the Cardinals is
the best organization in baseball.
"They treat you like family there.
They have one of the best organiza-
tions in baseball now. They will win the
World Series this year. I promise you
that," said McAfee.
We'll see where they are in October;
just remember you heard it first from
Don McAfee.

PHOTO BY STEVE KNAPP
Don McAfee proudly wears his St. Louis Cardinal baseball jacket with the words "Retired Scout" on
the chest.

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Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Port Charlotte finishes successful, challenging year

By CHUCK BALLARO
SPORTS WRITER

Hundreds of trophies were lined up
on the first- and third-base lines on the
large field at North County Regional
Park for the ballplayers who took part
in Port Charlotte Little League's season
this year.
And there were many more trophies
than the league expected to give out
when the season began, which con-
tributed to a very challenging, albeit
successful, season.
Port Charlotte Little League ended its
season almost the same way it began,
with a jamboree filled with fun, games,
and a parade of players who were given
the spoils of their labor.
This time, things were less formal,
with the players dressed in shorts on a
hot Saturday morning as they paraded
onto the field to collect their trophies
after posing for countless team photos
taken by parents.
Once the trophies were doled out,
league president Lou Agosto had the
players recite the Pledge of Allegiance,
Katie Vollmer sang the national an-
them, as she did on opening day, and
Roger Gonzalez and Lucas Hernandez
were each given an XBox and big-
screen TV for selling the most raffle
tickets.
"The season was fantastic. We tried
our best and fought and never gave
up," Gonzalez said. "We supported our
team; we supported everybody."
There was much to be proud of.
The minor-league Cardinals finished

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The major league Red Sox pose with their trophies during the Port Charlotte Little League closing
ceremonies at North County Regional Park on May 19.

second in a big tournament in Fort
Myers before winning their league,
while the Red Sox took the major-
league title and the Yankees captured
juniors, beating a team from Fort
Myers.
Most important, teams grew together
and improved every game, even if the
scoreboard didn't always reflect it.
"It was a good year. We had struggles
because we had a lot of young kids,

but they had fun and great attitudes,"
minor-league coach Scott Dolittle said.
"Hopefully, we'll keep the kids we have
and be much more competitive next year."
But there were also challenges.
Agosto talked about the ones the
league faced as a result of bringing an
entire league into the fold.
After drawing more players than the
league had in years at the start, the
league got a sudden influx of 50 players

from Murdock, which had folded its Cal
Ripken program.
Port Charlotte Little League took
them in, forcing the league, which had
already played a month of its regular
season, to completely redo its schedule.
This created stress for families, which
had made plans to see their kids play,
and now had to change things around
themselves.
For Agosto, who has run the league
for 14 years, it was a no-brainer
whether to let them in.
"There's no way we're going to turn
down any kids. We worked it out,
brought them in, and they played from
the third week of March," Agosto said.
"We're happy to have them; we think it
will help the league."
The merger made sense, Agosto said,
since many of these kids go to school
together, but for some reason weren't
eligible to play in the same league.
Agosto said he got great help from
the county, which allowed him to hold
the closing ceremony at North Regional
while a new concession stand was
being built at Harold Avenue, especially
since it will be another park for the
league to play at.
"We have a good league. We've had
a good league for 37 years. We've had
good leadership. Because of that and
the board, the parents and the kids,
it's made the league what it is today,"
Agosto said.
All Star season starts next month with
the 9-10, 10-11 and 11-12 squads. Port
Charlotte won't field a "Nine Strong"
team this month.

Melanie and Trey Maugeri collect their trophies during the
Port Charlotte Little League closing ceremonies at North
County Regional Park on May 19.

Terri Sommers gets the Rays Grapefruit team together for a team
photo during the Port Charlotte Little League closing ceremonies at
North County Regional Park on May 19.

Port Charlotte Little League president Lou Agosto speaks during!
the Port Charlotte Little League closing ceremonies at North
County Regional Park on May 19.

Katie Vollmer sings the national anthem during the Port Charlotte Little League closing ceremo-
nies at North County Regional Park on May 19.

Trophies are lined up down the first base line, ready to be collected during the Port Charlotte
Little League closing ceremonies at North County Regional Park on May 19.

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Charlotte County is just one
of the many charms of being a
member of the Punta Gorda Chamber
of Commerce.
Longwei's dragon egg has had quite
an eggs-hausting week. It took part in
the Foot Landing's Wednesday night
pub run/walk recently, but somehow
got sidetracked at the Celtic Ray. Go
figure.
This was hot on the heels of its ap-
pearance at Charlotte Regional Medical
Center's Hospital Week, where the egg
appears to have undergone a complete
face lift. Check out our photos accom-
panying this column, and be sure to
"like" the chamber's Facebook site to
see more images from its travels. What
do you think?
On the chamber networking front,
if you missed this morning's (June 12)
early start at Edison State College,
Charlotte Campus, consider attending
our next Business After Hours meet-
ing. It starts at 5:30 p.m. June 18 at the
Charlotte Memorial Funeral Home and
Cemetery, located off Indian Springs
Cemetery Road. I can assure you it will
not be a somber affair.
Be sure to reserve a spot at this net-
working event by calling the chamber
office at 941-639-3720. New members
are always welcome.
For all other upcoming events, visit
the chamber's website, www.punta
gordachamber.com, and don't forget,
with one simple click, you can register
for our weekly e-newsletter, "The
Friday Facts," so you'll never be out of
the loop again.

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On June 22, the Punta Gorda

John R. Wright is president of the
Punta Gorda Chamber ofCommerce.
Send your emails tojrwright@
puntagorda-chamber.com.

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Andrews South Golf Club for the an-
nual Octagon Wildlife Fundraiser the
Summer Safari Golf Scramble.
The registration fee is $75, which in-
cludes green fees, cart, breakfast, lunch
and prizes. Did we mention that $50 of
the fee is permitted as a tax deduction?
To make your reservations, call
941-639-5261, ext. 3. Registration starts
at 7:30 a.m., with a shotgun start at
8:30 a.m. The game is open to men and
women of all abilities.
If you have not been to Octagon
Wildlife Sanctuary recently, make it
a point to revisit soon. It is truly a
hidden gem, where you'll see once
abused wildlife living a new life they so
richly deserve. Lauri Caron's passion
in looking after these animals is truly
addictive.
Visit www.octagonwildlife.org for the
sanctuary's hours, directions to the site
and all the details of the center. Thank
you, St. Andrews, for allowing this
much-needed fundraiser to take place
each year. It's a blast.

Treasure hunt by car July 13
Following the success of the Punta
Gorda Chamber of Commerce's first
Car Treasure Hunt, we have made plans
for a second one.
The date is set for July 13, with a start
time of 10:30 a.m. We wanted to avoid
the afternoon heat, so Saturday was

Members of the Punta Gorda Chamber of Commerce gathered at Charlotte Regional Medical
Center, the new location of the Arts & Humanities Council of Charlotte County's Art in Public
Places program.

deemed as a good day to cause may-
hem once again in Punta Gorda.
The admission fee will now be $50
per car, and the event will end at a
location where you will be able to
purchase food and beverages.
All you will need is a vehicle, a smart
phone for mailing pictures and a few
dollars to spend while on the hunt. Last
time out, teams dressed up and really
got into the spirit, so let your inhibi-
tions loose. You can also register online
and call the chamber office to register
your car.

Wine & Jazz Fest tickets
selling fast
Tickets for the February 2014 Wine
& Jazz Festival have been selling like
hot cakes, as people from around the
country have been securing their VIP
and premium-level seats. At the time
of writing, all VIP tickets have been
sold out, so now is the time to visit the
festival page on the chamber's website.
Here, you can review both the great art-
ists who will be performing and check
out ticket availability before it is too
late to grab the remaining premium-
level tickets.
We are thrilled to be hosting Gerald
Albright, Richard Elliott, Mindi Abair
and Norman Brown on Feb. 22, 2014.
Don't miss out, as this event continues
to attract folks from around the globe
and paints Punta Gorda in a very posi-
tive light to future entrepreneurs and
investors.

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It appears the traveling egg got a full
makeover and face lift during a recent trip
to Charlotte Regional Medical Center during
Hospital Week.

The traveling dragon egg made its way to
the Foot Landing at the Herald Court Centre
recently for a Wednesday night pub run/walk.
Here, the egg looks like it's ready to make
a new personal record, as well as enjoy a
celebratory pint at the Celtic Ray, the ending
location of the weekly event.

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A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held recently for Serendipity Salon & Spa, which moved to 133 W.
Marion Ave. The event was attended by members of the Punta Gorda Chamber of Commerce.
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Jose Morillo, Charlotte Regional Medical Center's CEO, and featured artist Barbara Albin had the
honor of snipping the ribbon during a celebration June 5 for the hospital becoming the latest
location of the Arts & Humanities Council of Charlotte County's Art in Public Places program.
Standing close by are council president-elect Don McCormick and executive director Judy
Malbuisson. City Councilmen Tom Cavanaugh is also shown holding the ribbon, which is backed
by a crowd of supporters celebrating the official opening of the one-woman show.

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Local artist Barbara Albin takes a moment
to look over the Charlotte Regional Medical
Center main lobby wall where her art now
hangs as part of the Arts & Humanities Council
of Charlotte County's Art in Public Places
exhibit.

LEFT: Longtime friends of the Nemec
family, Froan and John Sheridan, pose
with Carrie Nemec at the anniversary
celebration for Big Crush Distribution.
LEFT: Hitting
the stage at
7:30 p.m. and
kicking off the
party for
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FROM THE LEFT: A Popeye the Sailor poster is one of the many collectibles Claudia Thomas has lining Harborwalk Scoops & Bites. The business also sell a wide assortment of hard-to-find sodas that
still use the original formula. Old-fashioned advertising signs adorn the walls of their shop, too.

'Ice cream with a view'

voted best in Punta Gorda

Claudia and Ron Thomas love ice
cream. They also love people.
Combine these two important
ingredients, add a touch of the mag-
nificent view of Charlotte Harbor and
you have a winning recipe. And that
is why their restaurant, Harborwalk
Scoops & Bites, recently received the
TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence
award. An honor indeed, since only
the top-performing 10 percent of
businesses listed receives it.
To qualify for the award, a busi-
ness must be listed on TripAdvisor
for the past year and obtain a certain
number of reviews that are rated a
consistent four out of five by travel-
ers, according to TripAdvisor.
"This is a big deal for us," Ron
Thomas said. "We were voted the No.
1 restaurant out of 75 in Punta Gorda.
We felt really honored and excited.
Being on TripAdvisor is a huge plus.
Online reviews are big, everything
from restaurants, to hotels, to things
to do. People come in here, cell phone
in hand, saying that they found us
online and they stopped because we
had excellent ratings."
The couple opened their doors 3
years ago and call their establishment
"Ice cream with a view." They have a
simple, but very effective, way of con-
ducting their business sell a good
product, greet people with a smile
and treat them like family. So far, that
combination has reaped benefits. The
couple has built a loyal clientele base
who keeps returning.
"Our No. 1 market, believe it or not,
are grandparents," he said. "They
bring in their grandkids after a day
of fishing, bicycling or a day at the
beach to grab some ice cream and
relax. It's a nice place to congregate
for them."
But it is not only the friendly,
family-style atmosphere that keeps
bringing people back to Scoops &
Bites it's the delicious ice cream.
The couple sells Blue Bell, the third
best-selling ice cream in the U.S. Blue
Bell, a Texas-based company, opened
a distribution center in Punta Gorda
about 5 years ago.
"We met with Mike Forse, the
plant's general manager, and he was
really nice," Ron Thomas said. "You
could tell that this is what they love
to do. We carry 30 flavors of Blue Bell.

We also have some light food, like hot
dogs and chips."
If a customer is in the mood for
something refreshing to drink, they
can choose from 24 varieties of soda.
Although they stock the traditional
Coke, Diet Coke, etc., they have nu-
merous brands and flavors that can-
not be found elsewhere, like Moxie,
Foxon Park, Nehi and Dad's Root Beer.
Chicago native Barry Gelfand, who
retired from Retro Soda, introduced
the owners to the more than 400 dif-
ferent types of soda that his company
carried.
"Most have the original formulas,"
Gelfand said.
Ron Thomas said that the secret is
using sugar cane, not corn syrup, and
that makes a world of difference in
the taste.
Although they like to think of
themselves as a traditional ice cream
parlor, Claudia Thomas said that she
likes colors to brighten up the store.
"I have collected ice cream and
soda fountain memorabilia through
the years," she said. "It adds a touch
of nostalgia."
With their third anniversary com-
ing up on June 22, the shop will have
contests, competitions and children's
activities to celebrate the event. There
will be fast passes for p-registered
customers, T-shirts and a fundraiser
scheduled as well. A silent auction,
with items donated by local busi-
nesses, will be held, as will the "Ice
Cream with a View" photo contest.
For the photo contest, camera bugs
can take their favorite picture of at
least one person enjoying Harbor
Walk Scoops & Bites' ice cream with
either Laishley Park or their store
in the background. People can vote
that day by putting a quarter in a cup
below their favorite shot. All funds
raised will be given to the Charlotte
County Special Olympics. The dead-
line for photos is June 17. The winner

Claudia and Ron Thomas opened their business, Harborwalk Scoops & Bites, 3 years ago and
feature more than 30 flavors of Blue Bell ice cream.

receives a $20 gift certificate from
Scoops & Bites.
"My wife and I and our dedicated
employee, Chanler Croteau, realize
that it's all about the people," Ron
Thomas said. "We like to give back

to the community. It's also nice to be
recognized and know you are doing
well."
For more information and a list
of the June 22 activities, visit www.
scoopsandbites.com.

The staff at the Purple House are happy to be part of two donation drives. Drop off school
supplies for the victims in Moore, Ok., and shoes for the Sunrise Kiwanis Shoes for Kids project at
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Superdad Brian Helgemo
enjoys some family time with
wife Bonnie and sons Oliver
S". and Jack.

Brian Helgemo:

a successful dad finds the time

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The Locketts are one busy family. This photo was taken after father and coach Kevin Lockett
passed out uniforms to his all-star players, including son Koen. Son Kameron, a 2013 graduate of
Charlotte High School, was on his way to a friend's house. Wife Tanyah joined the boys on the way

rian Helgemo, husband of Bonnie
and father of Jack, 7, and Oliver,
4, may have obtained his college
degree in psychology, but that hasn't
stopped him from developing a strong
business sense, the most acute being
an uncanny ability to balance a blos-
soming real estate career with the de-
mands of an active family and a couple
of time-eating hobbies.
He and Bonnie moved here from Fort
Lauderdale when he accepted a job
in sales and marketing at the old St.
Joseph's Hospital, followed by a transi-
tion to real estate at Five Star Realty.
Real estate is a labor-intensive oc-
cupation, and a successful agent looks
at a 40-hour work week as a vacation.
"We're growing," he said, referring
to the 50 to 90 listings he normally
manages. "I've been here 11 years, and
it's just grown to a high volume. I have
three administrative assistants, an
office manager, Bonnie, and a business
coach."
He still puts in hours that would
break a normal man even though team
members free him up to focus on
clients.
"It's more than a full-time job; that's
for sure," he said. "Having a team set

up helps a lot. I recently added a buyer
specialist to the team, and that really
conserves my time.
"I still probably average 60 hours, but
I'm not at the office for 60 hours. When
people want a real estate agent, they
want him immediately," Helgemo said.
Since psychology wasn't of much use,
he's not sure where his business and
time management acumen came from,
attributing it mostly to trial and error.
Whatever the source, it frees him up for
time to attend to his favorite duty -
being a proper dad to two active little
boys.
"I've been their teams' assistant
soccer coach for the last five seasons,"
Helgemo said. "The kids do both spring
and fall. Practices are two nights a
week, there's a game once a week. It
forces me to be really good at time
management."

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Brian Helgemo recently purchased a triathlon bike and is in serious training to compete in a
competition later in the year. In the background, another indulgence he somehow finds time for
- tending the lush landscape he maintains at his house in Burnt Store Isles.

At home, they practice soccer and
baseball in the yard or in the vacant
lot across the street. They also spend
time bicycling, hanging out in the pool
and taking frequent overnight or longer
trips on his 40-foot boat, another
source of family fun. Upcoming family
activities include a hiking trip in the
mountains and a whitewater rafting
expedition. All this activity is rooted in
his approach to child-raising.
"I stay very involved with them," he
said. "I want to be strict and consistent,
and I was brought up strict with natural
consequences. You reinforce the nega-
tive and the positive when it happens,
and you need to spend time with them
to do that."
If you are still not convinced
Helgemo is a time-management
wizard, consider this. He also indulges
in two passions, either one of which
would eat up all of a normal working
dad's free time. One is visible from the
street a lavishly planted landscape
that has more plants than four or five
houses combined.
"A lot of the free time I have I spend
in the yard," he said. "I do all the land-
scaping and pruning; I really enjoy it."
The second is almost beyond

comprehension. An aspiring triathlete,
he trains in the South County Regional
Park pool and on his Qunitana Roo
carbon-fiber triathlon bike. He can
frequently be seen running in his Burnt
Store Isles neighborhood, sometimes
accompanied by son Jack on a bike. He
also has a personal trainer who works
him out several days a week during his
lunch hour. He is on schedule to do a
triathlon this year.
"It's a new indulgence," he said of
taking up the triathlon, "I've had a
trainer and have been running for 5
years. I just got back into biking in
December in order to take up the
triathlon. I also hope to do a marathon
by the end of the year, but I'm not all
in yet."
The boys are too young to assess how
their dad is doing in the child-raising
department, but Bonnie, with him at
home and the office, is perfectly biased
to comment. Like everybody else who
knows Brian, she is impressed by how
much dad time he manages.
She said, "He's a great dad; some-
times he's more involved with them
than I am. He always comes home for
dinner. When he does run late, the kids
don't even want to eat."

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RIGHT: Queen LaBeefa, also known as Darren
Hendricks, ties for first place in the fashion
show that was held after the run.

Red-dressed runners dazzle Punta Gorda

The Foot Landing at the Herald Court Centre in Punta Gorda sponsored a Red Dress Fun Run & Walk,
which encouraged participants -female and male to put on their best red dress and take to the streets
on the morning of June 8. The event was free, and donations were accepted for the store's 1, 2, 3, Run foundation,
which supports and promotes fitness for school age students in Punta Gorda.

Marti Stetter went as far as dying her hair red
for the event.

Ed Gillen struts his stuff down the red carpet
during the fashion show competition following
the Red Dress Run & Walk.

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After running the Red Dress Fun Run &Walk,
4-year-old Trevor Steffen ties for first place in
the Fashion Show competition.

RIGHT: SJ Nieusma, Kathee Menosky and Gail
Marinari warmed up for the Red Dress Fun Run
& Walk by doing handstands. It must have paid
off because they were among the first group of
runners to return from the run.

ABOVE: New to the sport of running, Zachary
Russell, 15, donned a long red dress, a bow on
his cap and took the diva name"Wanda Ful"for
the Red Dress Fun Run &Walk.

Kevin Burckley, who participated in the Red
Dress Fun Run & Walk under the diva name of
"Cinnamon" shows off his ensemble on the red
carpet following the June 8 event.

A group of women near the finish line during the Red Dress Fun Run & Walk.

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books and accompanying CDs, incor-
porating pirates of all types.
"Children's books are so different
now," said librarian Alison Layne.
"Almost all of them have accompany-
ing CDs with sound effects, animated
readings of the text and video."
Participating children are required to
read 20 minutes each day, a task that
is verified by their parents or guard-
ians. On this day, the 28 participants
also listed six books on their reading
log, which they took home with them.
Other take-home items included trea-
sure, including doubloons of silver, gold
and copper all with chocolate inside.
The kids tucked all their paraphernalia
from the summer reading program into
special carrier bags, illustrated with the
Dig into Reading theme.
"Parents will find this kind of pro-
gram an easy way for reluctant read-
ers to find fun in reading," said Ann
Sanford, a volunteer with Deep Creek
Elementary School's library. She as-
sisted Kennedy with the June 5 program
and made sure each child filled out six
spaces on their reading log, signed off
on it and tucked it in their bag.
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"New, young American pirates being
trained in the library in Punta Gorda
will be hunting you down and will take
you out. I'm glad the program has such
a positive orientation." She added,
"They are learning to be pirates of good
works, not thieves."
Of course, the kids had fun, too.
"I liked learning how to say, 'Gaaaar,"'
said Gabriel Thompson, one of the
most enthusiastic pirates left in the
care of the library.
The Dig into Reading summer
program continues today, with a one-
hour session scheduled at 3 p.m. Other
sessions are set for the same time on
June 19 and June 26.
"These kids are the readers of today
and tomorrow," Layne said. "Without
children, parents and retirees, the
Punta Gorda Library would be empty
of people, empty of life. We need each
other to build intelligence, taste and
just plain fun via books in any form
they appear."
For more information, call the Punta
Gorda Library at 941-833-5480, visit
the Charlotte County System Library's
website at www.charlottecountyfl.
com/Library or find the Punta Gorda
Library's Facebook page. Information
about the middle, high school and
adult literacy programs, some concur-
rent with the children's program, are
also on the website.

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Shane and Eisley Kiburz and mother Monica fiercest pirates at the Dig into Books program
pose for a photo after the June 5 summer at the Punta Gorda Library on June 5. Mother
reading program at the Punta Gorda Library. Tammy said, "I haven't ever seen them so
"We danced the Chicken Dance and we sang excited at a library program. They can't wait to
and we even read books,' Shane said. tell me all about it:'

"An additional benefit is that programs
like this provide the quality childcare and instruction
that schools provide every day."

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inside the Church of the Good Shepherd, an Episcopal church located at West Henry Street in Punta Gorda.

RIGHT: The
first of the
Good Shepherd
Day School
VPK gradu-
ates to walk
down the aisle
was Shanelle
Bass, who was
followed by 44
more 4- and
5-year-old
students.

LEFT: From the top row of
the risers, Zion Rodriguez
and Mason Whitesides could
easily see and wave to family
and friends attending their
VPK graduation for Good
Shepherd Day School.

After receiving her diploma, Roxy Getter found
it useful to spot family and friends in the
Church of the Good Shepherd.

ABOVE: Kylee Hutchinson adjusts her
cap just before leaving her classroom
to head into the Church of the Good
Shepherd for the school's
VPK graduation ceremony.

RIGHT: Hands held
out, Cody Murphy
sings "Jesus Loves Me"
during the gradu-
ation ceremony for
VPK students at Good
Shepherd Day School.

After the Good Shepherd Day School VPK graduation
ceremony, all were invited into the meeting hall for
cake, cookies and photos. Sharing in the fun, 5-year-
old Ava Hall joins 4-year-old Hanna, her sister and
proud graduate, for photos.
ABOVE: Mareana
Dumont uses her fingers
to securely carry her
diploma across the
alter area where 45 VPK
students from Good
Shepherd Day School
were presented with
their diplomas.
LEFT: Ashley LeBlanc
gives son Logan
Handlon a congratula-
tory kiss seconds after
he accepted his 2013
VPK diploma from Good
Shepherd Day School.

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BY BETSY WILLIAMS
With 45 students
graduating from the
Good Shepherd Day
School VPK program,
not all would fit on
the risers set up in
the sanctuary at the
Church of the Good
Shepherd in Punta
Gorda.

Stephanie Durrcan is led by her team members
in one of the team games held during Eastside
Baptist Church's vacation Bible school.

RIGHT:
A blind-

Stacey Gridley helps Kyesha Harris, 10, place
a tag embossed with a Bible verse on her
necklace. A different tag was earned daily for
knowing that day's Bible verse, providing a
keepsake for the attendee.

The boxes came down much quicker than they went up with the help of preschoolers Waylyn Goff,
Destiny Gonzalez, Kyla Jackson, Meah Cope, Aaric Gridley and Jonathan Lugo.
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Pastor Cliff Watt explains to the children about
the power of prayer by reciting a parable from
the Bible.

Isis Hutchens knocks the ball off the pail on the
first try with the help of her teammates Gabi
Pereira, Olivia Beverly and Cailyn Mowry.

LEFT: Rita Beverly,
who went by the
name"Lady Rita"
during Eastside Baptist
Church's vacation Bible
school, performs a skit
for the audience.

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HERALD PHOTOS
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Wading the waters
off the shoreline of
Ponce de Leon Park
was just one of the
activities of the Wet
'n'Wild ECO Week
Nature Camp put
on by the Charlotte
Harbor Environmental
Center. The wading
expedition was led by
Chris Salmonsen, who
took the campers into
waste-deep waters to
collect sea creatures
that the group later
released after careful
viewing on the shore.

Campers get Wet'n' Wild on wading trip

Children participating in the Charlotte Harbor Environmental Center's Wet 'n' Wild
ECO Week Nature Camp took afield trip to Ponce de Leon Park in Punta Gorda
to view some of the creatures that call the harbor home. The camp took place May 28-31.

RIGHT: Kasha
BetsyWilliams Stewart, 14,
uses one of the
viewers to get
a closer look at
the speckled
sea trout.

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RIGHT: Lucas Wagstaff,
9, and naturalist Chris
Salmonsen examine a
crab still in its shell.

LEFT: All sorts of sea
creatures were found,
brought to shore to get
a closer look and then
promptly released back
into the water off the
shoreline of Ponce de
Leon Park during the
Wet'n'Wild ECO Week
Nature Camp.

ABOVE:
lizabeth
Wagstaff, 9, gets
a really close
look at a tiny
shrimp that was
brought in from
the waters.

LEFT: Dylan Caparo,
15, was proud of
the hermit crab he
found during the
wading trip.

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Delaney Carlton and Kaylee Stites interact with the music played during the event. "Big D,' also known as Jim Reuter, and Roy Parsons "Hetor the Protector" stay in character while on stage.
Gabi Ballina, Taylor Seifferlein and Tru Ward sing along with the other VBS campers.

LEFT: Terri Smith, program director for Peace
River Baptist Church's vacation Bible school,
holds up the bowl of goldfish and instructs the
audience to guess how many were in it.

Barbara Voisinet sits with some of the children prior to the start of the program during Peace
River Baptist Church's vacation Bible school. In front is Cassie Prokopiak, 6, and in back are
Vanessa Prokopiak, 8, Anna Lisa Skupin, 4, her big sister Charotte, 7, and Delaney Carlton, 6.

During Peace River Baptist Church's vacation Bible school, a group sings along during the
program.

Ryan Domato is excited to see a $20 bill in the
donation bucket during Peace River Baptist
Church's VBS. The kids collected more than
$500 during the camp. The money will be given
to Baptist Children's Home to help purchase
"Vanessa" the van.

Charlotte Skupin and Destiny Rainey join in one of the group songs during Peace River
Baptist Church's vacation Bible school.

Jazmin Reinhardt is engrossed in the stories
being told during the VBS camp.

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Develop your plan before playing
to the first trick. You seldom have
time to look for one later.
After North raised spades, South's
three diamonds was an aggressive
help-suit game try. North certainly
had the right hand to accept.
West led the queen of hearts, won

in the closed hand. Declarer
surrendered a diamond trick to East,
who cashed the ace of spades and
exited with a spade, leaving just one
trump in dummy for a diamond ruff.
Declarer won on the table, cashed the
ace of hearts for a club discard and
came to hand with the king of clubs.
There followed a diamond ruff on the
table and a heart ruff in hand, but
declarer could not avoid losing three
diamond tricks and a spade down
one.
South should have foreseen this
defense. He could have countered
elegantly. After winning the first trick
in hand with the king of hearts,
declarer should have cashed the ace
and king of clubs and exited with a
club, setting up two winners in
dummy. If the defenders draw
trumps, declarer collects four tricks
in each black suit and the ace and
king of hearts. If they don't, declarer
can trump two diamonds in dummy
and collect four trumps, two hearts,
two clubs and two diamond ruffs.

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7 Little Words

Find the 7 words to match the 7 clues. The numbers in parentheses
represent the number of letters in each solution. Each letter
combination can be used only once, but all letter combinations
will be necessary to complete the puzzle.
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DIRECTIONS: 3 L/r
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* Horizontal squares should add to totals on right.
* Vertical squares should add to totals on bottom. I,
* Diagonal squares through center should add to
total in upper and lower right. 23

THERE MAY BE MORE
THAN ONE SOLUTION.
Today's Challenge
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RE FOOREV I RD I XAT
Tuesday's unlisted clue: WHITE
Find the listed words in the diagram. They run in all directions -
forward, backward, up, down and diagonally.
Wednesday's unlisted clue hint:TILLS THE SOIL

DEAR DR. ROACH: My
18-year-old grandson
sustained a concussion
while skateboarding. He
does not remember the
event, which happened
about a month ago. He
is back in college and
can manage his studies.
However, he lost his
senses of smell and taste.
This is very depressing
to him. His neurologist
states he will not retrieve
them. What do your
studies show? C.R.
ANSWER: A concus-
sion is a change in
mental status that occurs
after a head injury.
Confusion and amnesia
are the most common
symptoms. There does
not need to be loss of
consciousness at the
time of the event. All
concussions should be
evaluated medically.
Although most people
recover completely, there
are some important
complications of concus-
sion. Postconcussion
syndrome consists of
symptoms including
headache, dizziness, dif-
ficulty concentrating and
sometimes psychiatric
changes. Fortunately,
these usually get better
within a few weeks or
a few months. Seizures
can occur, but recurrent
seizures (epilepsy) are
uncommon, only about a
2 percent risk.
One in 300 with a
concussion has injury
to the olfactory nerve,
which is responsible for
the sense of smell. The
nerve goes through the
bone in the front of the
skull, and it can be dam-
aged by trauma. Loss of
sense of smell is often
reported as loss of smell
and taste, since much of
what we perceive as taste
is actually coming from
our noses.
The best information I
could find is that about
a third of people who
lose their sense of smell
will get it back again.
If it hasn't come back
within a year, it's likely
permanent.
DEAR DR. ROACH: My
wife and I take melato-
nin most nights to deal
with sleep disorders. Are
there any side effects
from taking this on a
regular basis? B.D.E
ANSWER: Any vi-
tamin, supplement,
homeopathic medicine
or prescription medi-
cine has the potential
to cause side effects.
Medications for sleeping
are at high risk for two
specific kinds of side
effects: excess sedation
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Now arrange the circled letters
to form the surprise answer, as
suggested by the above cartoon.

BLONDIE By Dean Young and John Marshall
I SEE BUMSTEAD IS RUNNING WELL, THIS TIME WHEN HE
LATrE, AS USUAL FINALLY WANDERS IN, HE'S
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A: 11 1 111 EVERYONE IS
(Answers tomorrow) TALKING ABOUT N
Yesterday's Jumbles: RELIC BOGUS CLOSET ADJUST CICAPAS. YOU'RE ALL
Answer: She tried to make a dent in her credit card OVER THE NEWS.
debt, but she couldn't BUDGE IT

You pay for them to cut it? 4

Dear Readers: If you are
a busy, working mom or
dad, it's quick and easy to
buy fruits and vegetables
that are already washed, cut
up and ready to use.
It does save time in the
kitchen, but it costs more to
buy produce, vegetables or
shredded cheeses in these
prepackaged servings.
If you are on a budget
and are watching your
money, these items can put
a big dent in how much
you spend on food. Pre-cut
costs a lot more than
produce you buy whole!
You are paying for the labor,
packaging required and
transportation to stores
while keeping it fresh. Is
the cost worth the time you
are saving by staying out of
the kitchen? It may or may
not be.
There are some examples
where buying ready-to-use
maybe cheaper. For ex-
ample: pomegranate juice.
The juice is more costly to
make yourself because of
the number of pomegran-
ates needed to get the same
amount that you buy ready-
to-drink. I've tried this, and
it's a process! With fresh
pomegranates available
only a few months of the
year, the only way to buy
the seeds or juice the rest of
the year is prepackaged.
During your next shop-
ping trip, comparison-shop,
and check the price differ-
ence. Heloise

Spice substitute
Dear Readers: If you
enjoy some "heat" in
your cooking, then you

BABY BLUES By Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott

Hints from Heloise

most likely have cayenne
pepper in your spice rack
or cabinet. But what if you
run out? Here are some
easy substitutes:
Any bottled hot sauce.
Red pepper flakes
(you even can grind them
before adding).
Chili powder or dried
chopped chilies.
Crushed Thai pepper.
If you are cooking for
others and they are not as
crazy about spicy food, hot
sauce is the best choice.
They can add as much, or
as little, as they want right
before eating. Heloise

Separating eggs
Dear Heloise: Is it better
to separate eggs while
they are cold or when they
are room-temperature? -
Cindy L., via email
Good question! Most
food experts agree that
a cold egg is easier to
separate, because the yolk
won't "break" when cold.
However, most recipes
call for room-temperature
eggs, so what do you do?
Separate the eggs while
cold and cover with plastic
until they are room-tem-
perature. Heloise

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